- Date
- February 23, 1985, 18:10 local (Feb 24, 1985, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Boerne, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N47665Taylorcraft BC12-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850223005929A
- Case key
- 21678
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Analysis
The plt reported that as he was returning to the arpt from a local flt, he made a descending turn from 2500 ft MSL to lose alt, he applied carb heat before retarding the throttle & cleared the eng after about 180 deg of turn. After about another 180 deg of turn, he advanced the throttle, but got no response from the eng. The plt was unable to glide to the rwy, so he landed in an open area. He was unable to stop the acft before colliding with two trees. An investigation revealed that the acft had been restored & had accumulated an additional 18 hrs of flt time. The original fuel tank caps had been replaced with new, unvented caps.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47665
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2835
- Airframe hours
- 2,549
- Engine
- Continental A-75-8, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Melvin D. Porter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 17, 1984
- Airport
- Sabina, runway 36, 2,300 × 50 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,161 total · 15 in this make and model · 8,784 as pilot in command · 96 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAT, 23 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.