# NTSB CHI69A0039: Taylorcraft BC12-D, N96557, Ogilvie, MN, October 10, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 10, 1968
- Place: Ogilvie, MN · OGILVIE, MN
- Location: 45.8300° N, 93.4231° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ogilvie, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8300&lon=-93.4231&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 30, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107623
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69A0039
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69A0039

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4215  68/10/10   OGILVIE,MINN        TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D  CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 38, 540
        TIME - 0910                    N96557              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        REMARKS- STALLED-SPUN WHILE CIRCLING HOUSE AND WAVING TO A PERSON ON THE GRND.PLT NOT CHECKED-OUT IN TYPE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N96557](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96557-1974-06-05), registration cancelled 1974-06-05, S/N 8857 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC12-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (registry code 8850316) (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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