- Date
- July 11, 1965
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N94997Taylorcraft BCS-12
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176922
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1893 65/7/11 KETCHIKAN ALAS TAYLORCRAFT BCS-12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 59 TOTAL TIME - 2100 N94997 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: FROM LANDING NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS FLOAT EQUIPPED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94997
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BCS-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N94997Registered now · Taylorcraft BC12D-85Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC12D-85Engine modelContinental 0-200 series
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