- Date
- August 11, 1973
- Place
- Evanston, WY · EVANSTON, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39243Taylorcraft DC12D
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730811022159A
- Case key
- 188783
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0022 73/8/11 EVANSTON,WYO TAYLORCRAFT DC12D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 159 TIME - 1440 N39243 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 42 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - EVANSTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PINEDALE,WYO EVANSTON,WYO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 345 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WHIRLWIND COND KNOWN TO EXIST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39243
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DC12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Evanston Muni
N39243Registration cancelled Jun 14, 2012 · Taylorcraft BC12-DAirframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-DEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N39243 · 1
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