# NTSB investigations: Taylorcraft BC12-D, 1985

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 SEA85LA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA232.md): Taylorcraft BC12-D · Lopez Island, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 29, 1985 · N95515 · Substantial damage
  > Shortly after takeoff the acft's eng ceased operating for unknown reasons. During the landing rollout, the acft struck a fence and nosed over.
- [NTSB MKC85LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA145.md): Taylorcraft BC12-D · Cedar Rapids, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 1985 · N95162 · Substantial damage
  > While taxiing to takeoff, the plt was proceeding between 2 rows of hangars. He stated that he was having a problem with the acft transceiver & was adjusting it for taxi instructions. At about that time, the right wing tip of the acft struck the tail rotor of…
- [NTSB NYC85LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA093.md): Taylorcraft BC12-D · Orange, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 30, 1985 · N43871 · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported he was flying at about 25 ft above water. As the acft crossed over a grass covered sand bar, the gear encountered 'swail grass' & the acft was 'dragged in.' The plt also reported that the acft had encountered turbulence; however, a witness…

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1985
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8850316'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8850316&year=1985

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