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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tcraft BCS12D-4-85 · Madison, MS · May 27, 1991

Date: May 27, 1991 · 18:10 local
Place: Madison, MS
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N36099
Reported as: Tcraft BCS12D485
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,363 total700 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

N36099Registration cancelled Sep 18, 2012 · Taylorcraft BCS12D-4-85S/N 3066 · Built 1941 Airframe modelTaylorcraft BCS12D-4-85 Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot made low pass over lake. Tires caught water and pulled aircraft down. No floats, so sank.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE LOW PASS OVER LAKE. TIRES CAUGHT WATER AND PULLED AIRCRAFT DOWN. NO FLOATS, SO SANK.