# Accident 19730825028659A: Tcraft BF1265, Meadville, PA, August 25, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1973
- Place: Meadville, PA
- Airport: Port Meadville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 41.6265° N, 80.2147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORT MEADVILLE (GKJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6265&lon=-80.2147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39144, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39144-2012-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BF12-65 (registry code 8850340, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bf12-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 4AC176B series (registry code 27006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-4ac176b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BF1265
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74DGM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DGM03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730825028659A

## Narrative

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

ACFT NOT MAINTAINED IN ACCORD WITH FAR.SOME CERAMIC PLUG TERM BKN OR MISSING PLUGS CARBON SOOTED.

## 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 NYC74DGM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DGM03), Aug 25, 1973: Taylorcraft BF1265 (N39144), Meadville, PA, 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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