- Date
- June 30, 1987, 20:30 local (Jul 1, 1987, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dyckesville, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N33967Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870630076629A
- Case key
- 13787
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Aircraft stalled as the pilot attempted to climb and turn back to fly along green bay shoreline. The pilot was flying approx. 100 to 150 feet above the water in order for the passenger to photograph the shoreline.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33967
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2819
- Airframe hours
- 2,524
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert J. Nowak
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 22, 1987 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- Howard, WI
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 467 total · 43 in this make and model · 418 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRB, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.