# NTSB CHI90LA038: Taylorcraft BC12D, N43416, Millbury, OH, December 1, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 1, 1989, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Millbury, OH
- Location: 41.5649° N, 83.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TOLEDO EXEC (TDZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5649&lon=-83.4822&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 30, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14601
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI90LA038
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14601/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA038

## 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

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

- Miscellaneous/other, standing - starting engine(s)
  - tie down - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - passenger briefing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - throttle/power control - inadvertent activation, passenger (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - aircraft parked/standing

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N43416](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43416), registered now, S/N 7075, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12D
- 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: 7075
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19891201048839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891201048839A), Dec 1, 1989: Tcraft BC12D, Toledo, OH, Substantial damage. Engine started by hand propping. Aircraft ran into parked aircraft. Believe student passenger bumped throttle open.

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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