# Accident 19760523012369A: Tcraft BC12D, Pacoima, CA, May 23, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1976
- Place: Pacoima, CA
- Airport: Whiteman
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 34.2593° N, 118.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITEMAN (WHP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2593&lon=-118.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95781, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95781-2013-05-23) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 286 total, 54 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76DUQ39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUQ39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760523012369A

## Narrative

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

PLT PROPPED ACFT,NON-PLT PAX AT CTLS.ENG STARTED,PAX ADDED PWR.PARKED ACFT-AERO COMDR 100,N3686X.

## 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 LAX76DUQ39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUQ39), May 23, 1976: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N95781), Pacoima, CA, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.