# Accident 19891201048839A: Tcraft BC12D, Toledo, OH, December 1, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1989, 16:30 local time
- Place: Toledo, OH
- Airport: Metcalf Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5649° N, 83.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5649&lon=-83.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43416, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43416) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 248 total, 196 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI90LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891201048839A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STARTED BY HAND PROPPING. AIRCRAFT RAN INTO PARKED AIRCRAFT. BELIEVE STUDENT PASSENGER BUMPED THROTTLE OPEN.

## 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 CHI90LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA038), Dec 1, 1989: Taylorcraft BC12D (N43416), Millbury, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO PROPERLY SECURE THE AIRCRAFT AND/OR ADEQUATELY BRIEF THE PASSENGER (STUDENT PILOT), AND INADVERTENT BUMPING OF THE THROTTLE BY THE PASSENGER.

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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