# Incident 19811017077429I: Tcraft BC12D, Mckean, PA, October 17, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1981, 14:05 local time
- Place: Mckean, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9985° N, 80.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McKean, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9985&lon=-80.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43222, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43222-2014-12-22) (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 A65*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 349 total, 316 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811017077429I

## Narrative

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

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

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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