# Accident 19790502009159A: Tcraft BC12D, Brooksville, FL, May 2, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1979, 12:00 local time
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Airport: Hernando Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5166° N, 82.4047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brooksville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5166&lon=-82.4047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95757, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95757-2009-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12D-85 (registry code 8850322, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12d-85) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC12D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DLD61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLD61) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790502009159A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO HANDPROP THE AIRPLANE WITH NO ONE AT THE CONTROLS. AIRCRAFT STARTED AND RAN INTO A FENCE.

## 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 MIA79DLD61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLD61), May 2, 1979: Taylorcraft BC12D (N95757), Brooksville, FL, substantial damage

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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