# Incident 19790517027119I: Tcraft BC12D85, Milford, MA, May 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1979, 17:10 local time
- Place: Milford, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1498° N, 71.5164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milford, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1498&lon=-71.5164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44068, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44068) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12D-85 (registry code 8850322, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12d-85) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC12D85
- Reported engine: CONT C858F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790517027119I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STOPPED IN FLIGHT. EXHAUST VALVE HAD BROKEN.

## Other reports on N44068 (1)

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

- [Accident 19900128002179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900128002179A), Jan 28, 1990: Tcraft BC12D85 (N44068), Roxbury, ME, Substantial damage. Pilot reported windshear put him into trees on short final. No current biennial.

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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