- Date
- November 27, 1983, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N95666Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19831127058969A
- Case key
- 4258
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - waterCause
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - aircraft parked/standing
Analysis
The eng quit after takeoff. The plt was able to return to the arpt but landed on a Piper super cub. Water was found in the carburetor & main fuel tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95666
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7966
- Airframe hours
- 457
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Douglas D. Weeldreyer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 11, 1983 · 35 hours before
- Airport
- O'Malley, runway 15, 1,800 × 40 ft, snow
N95666Registration cancelled May 23, 2013 · Taylorcraft BC12-DAirframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-DEngine modelContinental A&C75 series
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 315 total · 169 in this make and model · 270 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 25 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.