# Accident 19790317004899A: Tcraft BC65, Orting, WA, March 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1979, 11:00 local time
- Place: Orting, WA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0969° N, 122.2117° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orting, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0969&lon=-122.2117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23633, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23633-2012-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC-65 (registry code 8850306, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc-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 BC65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 11,400 total, 200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790317004899A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK POWERLINES OVER RIVER DURING LOW LEVEL FLIGHT. CRASHED INVERTED IN RIVER.

## 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 SEA79FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA025), Mar 17, 1979: Taylorcraft BC-65 (N23633), Orting, WA, destroyed, 2 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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