# Accident 19770901031249A: Tcraft BC12D, Red Devil Lake, AK, September 1, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1977
- Place: Red Devil Lake, AK
- Airport: Red Devil
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 61.7881° N, 157.3502° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RED DEVIL (RDV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7881&lon=-157.3502&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39133, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39133-1991-03-20) (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: 331 total, 166 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78DAH09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAH09-201258) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770901031249A

## Narrative

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

PIC SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED CARGO UNSECURED,FLAT SPIN

## 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 ANC78DAH09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAH09-201258), Sep 1, 1977: Taylorcraft BC-12D (N39133), Red Devil Lake, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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