# NTSB CHI68F0308: Taylorcraft BC12-D, N36047, Chesterton, IN, September 3, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 3, 1967
- Place: Chesterton, IN · CHESTERTON, IN
- Location: 41.5998° N, 87.0550° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesterton, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5998&lon=-87.0550&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 11, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 114231
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68F0308
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68F0308

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3274   67/9/3    CHESTERTON,IND      TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D  CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 53, 295
        TIME - 1500                    N36047              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 161 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BODIN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S)                               TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUCTIONS-MISINTERPRETED
        REMARKS- PLT UNTIED ROPE FROM TAIL WHEEL AFTER ENG START. PAX BOARDED,KNEE STRUCK THROTTLE. ACFT HIT HANGAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N36047 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Bodin

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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