# NTSB investigations: Taylorcraft BC12-D: In flight encounter with weather

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB DEN03LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA066.md): Taylorcraft BC12-D · West Jordan, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 16, 2003 · N43591 · Substantial damage
  > the dual student's failure to maintain aircraft control and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student. A contributing factor was the unfavorable wind gust.
- [NTSB NYC02LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA103.md): Taylorcraft BC-12D · Roxbury, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 27, 2002 · N36322 · Substantial damage
  > The airplane encountering an unanticipated downdraft that exceeded the climb performance of the airplane.
- [NTSB SEA88LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA186.md): Taylorcraft BC-12D · Seattle, WA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 23, 1988 · N96248 · Substantial damage
  > Plt received ATIS info which advised of gusty crosswind conditions and low level wind shear and recommended contacting Seattle radio(fss) for further info. Plt did not contact fss and initiated takeoff. At 100-200 ft AGL, acft encountered turbulence, pitched…
- [NTSB DEN88FA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA112.md): Taylorcraft BC12-D · Albuquerque, NM · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 27, 1988 · N43411 · Destroyed
  > The pilot and his passenger decided to make a local personal flight. The pilot said he saw a squall line approaching the airport, but thought he could get off the ground before it arrived. He took off and started a left crosswind turn. A gust of wind lifted…
- [NTSB NYC87LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA239.md): Taylorcraft BC-12D · Bingham, ME · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 23, 1987 · N96241 · Substantial damage
  > The plt rprtd he was taking off from a lake & was climbing thru about 200-300 ft AGL when the acft enctrd a severe downdraft. Subsequently, the float plane collided with rising terrain. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was rprtd. The plt rprtd the…
- [NTSB CHI84LA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA323.md): Fairchild BC12-D · Hessel, MI · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 1, 1984 · N94955 · Destroyed
  > Acft departed in VFR conditions for short x-country flt. No weather briefing was obtained. On initial encounter with deteriorating ceiling and visibility conditions, plt reduced altitude in attempt to maintain ground reference. Course reversal not initiated…
- [NTSB ANC83FA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83FA127.md): Taylorcraft BC12-D · Anchorage, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 20, 1983 · N95261 · Substantial damage
  > According to the plt, he took off to the southeast into a wind of 10 gusting 15 KTS. After lift-off, he turned to avoid houses on the southeastern shoreline. After he was in a left climbing turn, the acft began descending toward the lake. To avoid stalling,…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8850316')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 240))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8850316&occurrence=240

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