# Incident 19880310024049I: Tcraft BC12D85, Lake Clark, AK, March 10, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1988, 11:00 local time
- Place: Lake Clark, AK
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N44321, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44321) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12D-85 (registry code 8850322, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12d-85) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC12D85
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 950 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880310024049I

## Narrative

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

LOW VISIBILITY DUE TO SNOWSTORM. ELECTED TO LAND ON LAKE. SNOW BOGGED WHEELS DOWN. EVACUATED BY HELICOPTER.

## Other reports on N44321 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890310018779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890310018779I), Mar 10, 1989: Tcraft BC12D85 (N44321), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Noise on climbout. Ski dangling from shock cord. Made single ski landing on lake. Right gear collapsed.

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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