# Accident 19870612020209A: Tcraft STCBC, Ketchikan, AK, June 12, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1987, 17:30 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.6097° N, 131.5791° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.6097&lon=-131.5791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43944, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43944-1990-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D (registry code 8850316, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT STCBC
- Reported engine: CONT C8512F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 493 total, 361 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA87LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870612020209A

## Narrative

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

THE FLOAT EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE WATER SLIGHTLY NOSE LOW AND NOSED OVER. GLASSY WATER.

## 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 SEA87LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA115), Jun 13, 1987: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N43944), 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.