# Accident 19810314009529A: Tcraft BC12D, Stevensville, MT, March 14, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1981, 11:12 local time
- Place: Stevensville, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5071° N, 114.0887° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stevensville, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5071&lon=-114.0887&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96689, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96689-1984-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D (registry code 8850316, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC12D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810314009529A

## Narrative

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

FLEW OVER AREA AT TREE-TOP HEIGHT. STRUCK POWER-LINES STRETCHED ACROSS 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 DEN81FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA021), Mar 14, 1981: Tavlorcraft BC-12D (N96689), Stevensville, MT, substantial damage, 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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