- Date
- June 19, 1982, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Settlers Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N96401Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19820619034469A
- Case key
- 72599
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While on a cross-country flight from wasilla to king lake the pilot decided to do some touch and go landings at Settlers Bay. The pilot stated that on his third landing the left brake locked and the aircraft swerved off the runway into a ditch nosing over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96401
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8701
- Airframe hours
- 3,700
- Engine
- Continental A&C 75, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Don G. Tracy
- Registered owner
- Don G. Tracy
- Departed
- Wasilla, AK
- Destination
- King Lake, AK
- Airport
- Settlers Bay
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 73 total · 36 in this make and model · 38 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.