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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tcraft BC12-65 · Marion, SD · June 26, 1978

Date: June 26, 1978 · 19:20 local
Place: Marion, SD
Airport: Private
Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N34066
Reported as: Tcraft BC1265
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 171 total16 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N34066Registered now · Taylorcraft BC12-65S/N 2930 · Built 1941 Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-65 Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine stopped on newly purchased airplane due to water in the fuel system. Had been stored outside.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STOPPED ON NEWLY PURCHASED AIRPLANE DUE TO WATER IN THE FUEL SYSTEM. HAD BEEN STORED OUTSIDE.

Other reports on N34066 · 1

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

Accident 19980405005909AGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Vermlillion, SDLanded on sod along runway due crosswind. Wind got under tail. Tcraft nosed over. Type easily flipped by tailwind. (.4)the pilot landed the airplane on runway 12, a gravel airstrip. He reported the winds were out of the south at 15 knots, gusting to 20 knots.…Apr 5, 1998 · Substantial damage