# Accident 19840801038979A: Tcraft BC12D, Hessel, MI, August 1, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1984, 18:15 local time
- Place: Hessel, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.0042° N, 84.4259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hessel, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0042&lon=-84.4259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94955, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94955-1989-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D (registry code 8850316, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC12D
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI84LA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA323) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840801038979A

## Narrative

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

VFR RATED PILOT ENTERED IFR CONDITIONS, BECAME DISORIENTED, STALLED AND CRASHED.

## 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 CHI84LA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA323), Aug 1, 1984: Fairchild BC12-D (N94955), Hessel, MI, destroyed

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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