# Incident 19910603023569I: Tcraft BC12D, Asheville, NC, June 3, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1991, 20:15 local time
- Place: Asheville, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6009° N, 82.5540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Asheville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6009&lon=-82.5540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96743, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96743-1993-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D (registry code 8850316, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC12D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 240 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910603023569I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD NO RADIO OR LIGHTS. WITH DARKNESS APPROACHING HIT AN ELECTRIC WIRE ON APPROACH. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N96743 (1)

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

- [Accident 19910605021789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910605021789A), Jun 5, 1991: Tcraft BC12D (N96743), Spring Creek, NC, Substantial damage. Shifting wind on takeoff from farm field. Turned to avoid wires and stalled mushed into a hay field.

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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