- Date
- May 4, 1968
- Place
- Hillsdale, IL · HILLSDALE, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N43918Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111014
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1377 68/5/4 HILLSDALE,ILL TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1105 N43918 PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION AGE 39, 4000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1500 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROPP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 315 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ELEVATOR AND RUDDER IMPROPERLY RIGGED. ANNUAL INSPECTION PERFORMED NOV.67,23 HRS PREVIOUSLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43918
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ropp