# NTSB CHI70AC080: Taylorcraft BC-12D, N96260, Mauston, WI, May 16, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 16, 1970
- Place: Mauston, WI · MAUSTON, WI
- Location: 43.8000° N, 90.0796° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mauston, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8000&lon=-90.0796&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 20, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 126018
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI70AC080
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70AC080

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0744  70/5/16    MAUSTON,WIS         TAYLORCRAFT BC-12D  CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 397
        TIME - 1745                    N96260              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          UNION ARPT                  FISHER ARPT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N96260](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96260-2014-11-24), registration cancelled 2014-11-24, S/N 8560, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC-12D
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC12-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (registry code 8850316) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Mauston-New Lisbn

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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