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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Tcraft BC12-D · Gorham, ME · April 9, 1989

Date
April 9, 1989 · 17:15 local
Place
Gorham, ME
Airport
Webster Field Airport
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N43561
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC89LA045
Reported as
Tcraft BC12D
Reported engine
Continental A658
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
235 total

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.

Stalled and spun in while watching another aircraft land. Was circling airport and blamed wind for loss of control.

As the FAA filed it

STALLED AND SPUN IN WHILE WATCHING ANOTHER AIRCRAFT LAND. WAS CIRCLING AIRPORT AND BLAMED WIND FOR LOSS OF CONTROL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.