# NTSB CHI67A0031: Taylorcraft BC12D1, N5481M, Rochester, IL, August 30, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 30, 1966
- Place: Rochester, IL · ROCHESTER, IL
- Location: 39.7445° N, 89.5206° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7445&lon=-89.5206&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 17, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 121466
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI67A0031
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67A0031

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0779  66/8/30    ROCHESTER ILL       TAYLORCRAFT BC12D1  CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 52, 81 TOTAL
        TIME - 1540                    N5481M              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 68 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TAFT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
        REMARKS- PILOTS BLOOD ALCOHOL VALUE 1.31 MG/ML IS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE LOSS OF CRITICAL JUDGEMENT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5481M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5481M-1967-11-14), registration cancelled 1967-11-14, S/N 10781 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12D1
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC12-D1](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d1) (registry code 8850320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Taft

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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