# Accident 20040508020929A: Tcraft BC, Cumberland, MD, May 8, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2004, 11:35 local time
- Place: Cumberland, MD
- Airport: Mexico Farms Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6047° N, 78.7606° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6047&lon=-78.7606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26644, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26644) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC (registry code 8850302, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD04LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04LA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040508020929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT ON CLIMB OUT THE WIND "PUSHED THE PLANE DOWN UNTIL IT HIT THE POWER WIRES." THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE HIGH TENSION POWER LINES APPROXIMATELY 3/4 MILE FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 9. THE AIRCRAFT HUNG UPSIDE DOWN BY THE RIGHT WHEEL UNTIL REMOVED BY POWER COMPANY.

## 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 IAD04LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04LA020), May 8, 2004: Taylorcraft BC (N26644), Cumberland, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall into transmission lines.

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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