# Accident 19730721020699A: Tcraft BC12D, Wadesboro, NC, July 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1973
- Place: Wadesboro, NC
- Airport: Anson County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 34.9638° N, 80.0747° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wadesboro, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9638&lon=-80.0747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95099, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95099-1974-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D (registry code 8850316, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC12D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 13 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DKM06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730721020699A

## Narrative

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

ELEV UP CABLE TURNBUCKLE FORK TO ELEV HORN CON STRAP CAME OUT.BOLT,NUT WASHER FOUND NO COTTER PIN.

## 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 IAD74DKM06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DKM06), Jul 21, 1973: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N95099), Wadesboro, NC, substantial damage

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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