# Accident 19860607075959A: Tcraft STCBC, Ketchikan, AK, June 7, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1986, 15:43 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Ketchikan International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.6091° N, 131.5802° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.6091&lon=-131.5802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96336, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96336-1991-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BCS12-D (registry code 8850318, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bcs12-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT STCBC
- Reported engine: CONT C8512F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,459 total, 139 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA86LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860607075959A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL WHEN A FLOAT BROKE LOOSE IN FLIGHT. CRASHED INTO THE WATER. ATTACHMENT HAD FAILED FROM FATIGUE.

## 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 SEA86LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA141), Jun 7, 1986: Taylorcraft BCM-12D-85 (N96336), Ketchikan, AK, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.