# Accident 19780624024869A: Tcraft BCS12D1, Scarboro, ME, June 24, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1978
- Place: Scarboro, ME
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 43.5781° N, 70.3217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scarborough, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5781&lon=-70.3217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47893, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47893) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-65 (registry code 8850310, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BCS12D1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,025 total, 25 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FNC33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FNC33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780624024869A

## Narrative

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

BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL .23 .

## 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 NYC78FNC33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FNC33), Jun 24, 1978: Taylorcraft BC-12D (N47893), Scarboro, ME, destroyed

## Other reports on N47893 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19980628015129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980628015129A), Jun 28, 1998: Tcraft BC1265 (N47893), Buxton, ME, Substantial damage. Acft was landing in the saco river when it struck guide wires and crashed in the river. (-23) on 06/28/98 taylor craft N47893, piloted by leonard merrill,…

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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