- Date
- April 11, 1973
- Place
- Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N95288Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730411008799A
- Case key
- 170620
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0871 73/4/11 ANCHORAGE,ALAS TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 26, TIME - 1107 N95288 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 33 TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANCHORAGE,ALAS CHUGIAK,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLTS LAST FLT IN C-150 8/22/68.HAD NO PREVIOUS TIME IN CONVENTIONAL GR ACFT EXCEPT 1 DEMO FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95288
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merrill
N95288Registration cancelled Mar 9, 2018 · Taylorcraft BC12-DAirframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-DEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.