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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tcraft BC12-D · Mckean, PA · October 17, 1981

Date: October 17, 1981 · 14:05 local
Place: Mckean, PA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N43222
Reported as: Tcraft BC12D
Reported engine: Continental A65*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 349 total316 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N43222Registration cancelled Dec 22, 2014 · Taylorcraft BC12-DS/N 6881 · Built 1946 Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-D Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine coughed and pilot attempted emergency landing. Struck wire and aborted, landed ok at departure airport.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE COUGHED AND PILOT ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING. STRUCK WIRE AND ABORTED, LANDED OK AT DEPARTURE AIRPORT.