# Accident 19880220002949A: Tcraft STCBC, Big Spring, TX, February 20, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1988, 14:25 local time
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2383° N, 101.4857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Spring, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2383&lon=-101.4857&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29779, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29779-1994-02-11) (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: LYC O320B2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,870 total, 125 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW88FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88FA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880220002949A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES PILOT SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AFTER SERIES OF ACROBATICS AND WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, DIVED INTO GROUND.

## 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 FTW88FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88FA069), Feb 20, 1988: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N29779), Big Spring, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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