# Incident 19790723021229I: Tcraft BC12D, Dawson, TX, July 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Dawson, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8946° N, 96.7147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dawson, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8946&lon=-96.7147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95719, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95719) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D (registry code 8850316, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (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
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,723 total, 70 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/19790723021229I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE ROUGHNESS ACOMPANIED BY DECREASE IN RPM PRECEDED LANDING IN FIELD. PROBABLE CARB ICE.

## Other reports on N95719 (1)

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

- [Accident 19760827027259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760827027259A), Aug 27, 1976: Tcraft BC12D (N95719), Springville, IA, Substantial damage. PIC felt nauseated. Intended to make a rest stop in a farmers field.

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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