# Accident 19730411008799A: Tcraft BC12D, Anchorage, AK, April 11, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1973
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95288, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95288-2018-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D (registry code 8850316, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC12D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 33 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC73DAG83](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73DAG83) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730411008799A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PLTS LAST FLT IN C-150 8/22/68.HAD NO PREVIOUS TIME IN CONVENTIONAL GR ACFT EXCEPT 1 DEMO FLT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC73DAG83](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73DAG83), Apr 11, 1973: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N95288), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N95288 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790929049679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790929049679I), Sep 29, 1979: Tcraft BC12D (N95288), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. Pilot struck brush with a wing tip during takeoff. Lost directional control and settled in mud.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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