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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tcraft BC12-D · Kasilof, AK · July 4, 1987

Date: July 4, 1987 · 16:55 local
Place: Kasilof, AK
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N94907
Reported as: Tcraft BC12D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 321 total250 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N94907Registered now · Taylorcraft BC12-DS/N 9307 · Built 1946 Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-D Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft became inverted and sank after float struck a sharp rock during taxi to dock.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT BECAME INVERTED AND SANK AFTER FLOAT STRUCK A SHARP ROCK DURING TAXI TO DOCK.