# Accident 19960908026259A: Tcraft BC12D, Bellaire, MI, September 8, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1996, 18:04 local time
- Place: Bellaire, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9710° N, 85.1992° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9710&lon=-85.1992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43687, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43687-2002-08-15) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96FA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA332) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960908026259A

## Narrative

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

STALLS SPINS LOW ALTITUDE. PASSENGER WAS NON PILOT OWNER. DEMO FOR NEWLY PURCHASED CRAFT FOR OWNER. (-23) PILOT WAS APPARENTLY DOING STALLS AT LOW ALTITUDE. PASSENGER WAS THE OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE. HE DOES NOT HAVE A PILOT CERTIFICATE. PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. LIMITED PILOT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

## 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 CHI96FA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA332), Sep 8, 1996: Taylorcraft BC-12D (N43687), Bellaire, MI, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's improper remedial action, while recovering from an intentional stall, which resulted in an inadvertent spin and collision with the terrain. The lack of altitude for recovery was a related…

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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