# Incident 20030713017899I: Tcraft BC12D, Arlington, WA, July 13, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2003, 10:15 local time
- Place: Arlington, WA
- Airport: Arlington Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1608° N, 122.1590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARLINGTON MUNI (AWO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1608&lon=-122.1590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39962, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39962) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D (registry code 8850316, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC12D
- Reported engine: CONT A65*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030713017899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT WHILE TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE GRASS AREA TO THE TAXIWAY HE WAS LOOKING TO THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT SIDES OF THE AIRCRAFT WHEN HE STRUCK A 55 GALLON PLASTIC BARREL WITH HIS PROPELLER. ONE OF THE WOODEN PROPELLER BLADES SHEARED OFF ABOUT MIDLENGTH.

## Other reports on N39962 (1)

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

- [Accident 19780418007839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780418007839A), Apr 18, 1978: Tcraft BC12D (N39962), Fresno, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft stolen. Two suspects arrest & believed to have flown thecraft.

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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