# Accident 19770403008429A: Tcraft BC12D, Lebanon, OR, April 3, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1977
- Place: Lebanon, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 44.5300° N, 122.9081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lebanon, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5300&lon=-122.9081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43144, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43144-1977-06-23) (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: 249 total, 74 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA77DYM26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77DYM26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770403008429A

## Narrative

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

PRACTICING STEEP TURNS NR RESIDENCE.ENTERED SPIN,TOO LOW TO COMPLETE RECOVERY.

## 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 SEA77DYM26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77DYM26), Apr 3, 1977: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N43144), Lebanon, OR, 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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