- Date
- September 19, 1981
- Place
- Kerrville, TX · KERRVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N43506Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810919060189A
- Case key
- 123264
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2555 81/9/19 KERRVILLE,TX TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1520 N43506 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING AGE 41, 3000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KERRVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KERRVILLE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENDED SIM DOG FIGHT W SPIN,SMOKE GEN ON.SMOKE IN COCKPIT,PREV OCCASIONS.ELEV APRX 1500FT ABV HOME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43506
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kerrville
N43506Registration cancelled Nov 21, 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.