- Date
- March 27, 1979
- Place
- Forestburg, TX · FORESTBURG, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N44174Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790327005549A
- Case key
- 137545
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0611 79/3/27 NR.FORESTBURG,TX TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 301 TIME - 1000 N44174 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 192 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WORTH,TX WICHITA FALLS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 64 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 190 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44174
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N44174Registration cancelled Aug 15, 2013 · Taylorcraft BC12-D1Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-D1Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N44174 · 1
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