# Accident 19950812024009A: Tcraft BC12D1, St Mary, MT, August 12, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1995, 12:00 local time
- Place: St Mary, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5905° N, 113.2704° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5905&lon=-113.2704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43597, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43597-1998-01-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D1 (registry code 8850320, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC12D1
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 204 total, 183 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA95LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA95LA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950812024009A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT OVER MOUNTAIN UNABLE CLEAR TERRAIN. ELECTED LAND. UNABLE FLARE. IMPACTED. FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 SEA95LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA95LA181), Aug 12, 1995: Taylorcraft BC12D (N43597), St. Mary, MT, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE WHILE MANEUVERING IN HIGH, MOUNTAINOUS, TERRAIN. THE TERRAIN AND THE DOWNDRAFTS WERE FACTORS.

## Other reports on N43597 (1)

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

- [Incident 19940504010099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940504010099I), May 4, 1994: Tcraft BC12D1 (N43597), Whitefish, MT, Minor damage. Lost engine power, forced landing in wet meadow. Flipped over on back. Pilot stated fuel exhaustion.

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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