# Accident 19890409006849A: Tcraft BC12D, Gorham, ME, April 9, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1989, 17:15 local time
- Place: Gorham, ME
- Airport: Webster Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6751° N, 70.4956° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WEBSTER FLD (ME91), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6751&lon=-70.4956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43561, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43561-2015-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D (registry code 8850316, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC12D
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 235 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890409006849A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 NYC89LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA045), Apr 9, 1989: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N43561), Gorham, ME, destroyed. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED WHEN HE DIVERTED HIS ATTENTION DURING A LOW PASS AND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO ENTER A STALL/SPIN. THE UNFAVORABLE WIND WAS A FACTOR.

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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