# Accident 19930718024169A: Tcraft BC1265, Danbury, CT, July 18, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1993, 15:15 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3715° N, 73.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANBURY MUNI (DXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3715&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34009, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34009-2012-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-65 (registry code 8850310, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC1265
- Reported engine: CONT A758
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,561 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO93FA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93FA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930718024169A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES ON DOWNWIND PATTERN. INDICATES LOST CONTROL. MANIA DREPPRESSIVE DRUG PRESENT. POSSIBLE SEIZURE.

## 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 BFO93FA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93FA128), Jul 18, 1993: Taylorcraft BC12-65 (N34009), Danbury, CT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: UNDETERMINED.

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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