# Accident 20130814015069A: Taylorcraft BC12-D1, Eastport, MI, August 14, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2013, 11:30 local time
- Place: Eastport, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0558° N, 85.3558° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0558&lon=-85.3558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44351, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44351-2018-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D1 (registry code 8850320, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA490](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA490) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130814015069A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SMELLED FUEL FUMES 5 SOUTH OF AIRPORT. FUMES GOT STRONGER AS HE GOT CLOSER. UPON LANDING AND ROLLOUT PILOT DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WHILE IT WAS STILL ROLLING. AFTER AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP FIRE ERUPTED AND INCREASED IN INTENSITY. AIRCRAFT WAS  DESTROYED IN THE FIRE THAT ORIGINATED FORWARD OF THE FIREWALL.

## 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 CEN13LA490](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA490), Aug 14, 2013: Taylorcraft BC12-D1 (N44351), Eastport, MI, destroyed. Probable cause: A fuel leak in the engine compartment and subsequent fire, the source of which could not be determined because of extensive postaccident fire damage.

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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