# Accident 19900128002179A: Tcraft BC12D85, Roxbury, ME, January 28, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1990, 11:38 local time
- Place: Roxbury, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6698° N, 70.5934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roxbury, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6698&lon=-70.5934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44068, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44068) (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
- Reported engine: CONT C858
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 966 total, 210 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC90LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900128002179A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED WINDSHEAR PUT HIM INTO TREES ON SHORT FINAL. NO CURRENT BIENNIAL.

## 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 NYC90LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA058), Jan 28, 1990: Taylorcraft BC12D (N44068), Roxbury, ME, destroyed. Probable cause: PILOT FACTOR IN THAT HE FAILED TO PLAN THE APPROACH FOR GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS AND IMPACTED TREES SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N44068 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790517027119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790517027119I), May 17, 1979: Tcraft BC12D85 (N44068), Milford, MA, Minor damage. Engine stopped in flight. Exhaust valve had broken.

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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