# Accident 19831107057229A: Tcraft BC12D, Gatzke, MN, November 7, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1983, 15:30 local time
- Place: Gatzke, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4244° N, 95.7842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gatzke, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4244&lon=-95.7842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95180, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95180-2022-07-30) (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*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 158 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI84LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831107057229A

## Narrative

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

LOST ALTITUDE AND CRASHED IN A SWAMP WHEN A WING HIT THE SURFACE IN A LOW ALTITUDE DESCENDING TURN.

## 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 CHI84LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA043), Nov 7, 1983: Taylorcraft BC-12D (N95180), Gatzke, MN, substantial damage

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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