- Date
- October 17, 1980
- Place
- Temple, TX · TEMPLE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N29790Taylorcraft BC12
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801017057419A
- Case key
- 128615
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2768 80/10/17 TEMPLE,TX TAYLORCRAFT BC12 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 1748 TIME - 1910 N29790 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LITTLE ELM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GEORGETOWN,TX TEMPLE,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- LOST ENG PWR AFTER TURNING TO X-WND.MADE FORCED LNDG ON NEAREST RWY.FUEL TNK FINGER SCREEN CLOGGED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29790
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Little Elm
N29790Registration cancelled Jun 8, 2018 · Taylorcraft BC12-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-65Engine 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.