- Date
- December 1, 1989, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Millbury, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N43416Taylorcraft BC12D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891201048839A
- Case key
- 14601
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to properly secure the aircraft and/or adequately brief the passenger (student pilot), and inadvertent bumping of the throttle by the passenger.
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.
Miscellaneous/other
Tie down - not usedCause
Passenger briefing - inadequateCause
Throttle/power control - inadvertent activationCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - aircraft parked/standing
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43416
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7075
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Johnny J. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- TDZ · Metcalf Field
N43416Registered now · Taylorcraft BC12-DAirframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-DEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 248 total · 196 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOL, 15 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.