# Accident 19730812024229A: Tcraft BC12D85, Greenville, ME, August 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1973
- Place: Greenville, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 45.4662° N, 69.5780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4662&lon=-69.5780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39271, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39271-1975-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12D-85 (registry code 8850322, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12d-85) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC12D85
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 404 total, 371 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FNC14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FNC14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730812024229A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED ON APPROACH TO WATER LANDING TO INVESTIGATE CAUSE OF SMOKE IN COCKPIT.

## 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 NYC74FNC14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FNC14), Aug 12, 1973: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N39271), Greenville, ME, destroyed

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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