- Date
- November 16, 1965
- Place
- Sitka, AK · SITKA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N96370Taylorcraft BCS12D
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174549
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3245 65/11/16 SITKA ALAS TAYLORCRAFT BCS12D CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 23, 136 TIME - 1645 N96370 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-AIRFRAME FAILURE OF AN UNDETERMINED NATURE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR 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 36 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- WRECKAGE SANK IN 400 FOOT DEEP WATER-NOT RECVRD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96370
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BCS12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N96370Registration cancelled Apr 10, 2018 · Taylorcraft BCS12-DAirframe modelTaylorcraft BCS12-DEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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