- Date
- August 30, 1968
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N94907Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108638
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4075 68/8/30 ANCHORAGE,ALAS TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 30, TIME - 1924 N94907 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 31 TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE HOOD SPB TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= REMARKS- WING CAUGHT CANAL BANK.ACFT SWERVED,CRASHED IN LAKE. PLT HAD NO RECENT FLYING EXPERIENCE.FLOAT EQP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94907
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Hood Spb
N94907Registered now · Taylorcraft BC12-DAirframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-DEngine modelContinental C85 series
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