# Accident 19820822042579A: Tcraft BC1265, Max, NE, August 22, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1982, 19:20 local time
- Place: Max, NE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1143° N, 101.4045° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Max, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1143&lon=-101.4045&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29639, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29639-2012-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-65 (registry code 8850310, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC1265
- Reported engine: CONT A758
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 880 total, 578 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC82FCJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82FCJ05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820822042579A

## Narrative

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

LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWERLINE AND CRASHED IN A RAVINE. PREVIOUS HISTORY OF LOW FLYING ACTIVITY.

## 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 MKC82FCJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82FCJ05), Aug 23, 1982: Taylorcraft BC-12-65 (N29639), Max, NE, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N29639 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780722038689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780722038689I), Jul 22, 1978: Tcraft BC1265 (N29639), Boulder, CO, Minor damage. Za pilot making precautionary landing due to carbureator ice. Landed in soft muddy area, nosed up.

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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