# NTSB CHI67A0013: Taylorcraft BC12, N36444, Bancroft, MI, July 25, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 25, 1966
- Place: Bancroft, MI · BANCROFT, MI
- Location: 42.8770° N, 84.0664° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bancroft, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8770&lon=-84.0664&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report April 4, 1960
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122534
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI67A0013
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67A0013

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1160  66/7/25    BANCROFT,MICH       TAYLORCRAFT BC12    CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 25, 27 TOTAL
        TIME - 1315                    N36444              PX-  0  1  0  BUSINESS                  HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        REMARKS- ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR TREES.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N36444](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36444-1971-08-06), registration cancelled 1971-08-06, S/N 3260, built 1941 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC12-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-65) (registry code 8850310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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