- Date
- February 5, 1978
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N43021Taylorcraft BC12D
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780205006709A
- Case key
- 143229
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0503 78/2/5 ALBUQUERQUE,NM TAYLORCRAFT BC12D CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 706 TIME - 1430 N43021 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALAMEDA DEPARTURE POINT ALBUQUERQUE,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43021
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alameda
N43021Registered now · Taylorcraft BC12-DAirframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-DEngine modelContinental C85 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.