# NTSB CHI84LA043: Taylorcraft BC-12D, N95180, Gatzke, MN, November 7, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 7, 1983, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Gatzke, MN
- Location: 48.4244° N, 95.7842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gatzke, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4244&lon=-95.7842&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12494
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12494/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA043

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LOW LEVEL TURN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N95180](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95180-2022-07-30), registration cancelled 2022-07-30, S/N 9580, 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
- Serial number: 9580
- Airframe hours: 1549
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A-65 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jack D. Davidson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 2, 1983, 23 hours before
- Departed: ROSEAU, MN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 230 total, 158 in this make and model, 204 as pilot in command, 26 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 5 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831107057229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831107057229A), Nov 7, 1983: Tcraft BC12D, Gatzke, MN, Substantial damage. Lost altitude and crashed in a swamp when a wing hit the surface in a low altitude descending turn.

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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