# Incident 20080405831599I: Tcraft BC12D1, St Marys, GA, April 5, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2008, 11:15 local time
- Place: St Marys, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7567° N, 81.5784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Marys, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7567&lon=-81.5784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44264, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44264) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 500 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080405831599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING FLIGHT @2400 RPM PILOT HEARD A LARGE BOOM AND THE ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POWER. PILOT DID EMERGENCY LANDING ON GA SPUR 40 NEAR ST. MARY'S. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR PEOPLE ON SPUR 40.

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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