- Date
- June 11, 1978
- Place
- Liberty, NC · LIBERTY, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N96897Taylorcraft BC12D
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780611022589A
- Case key
- 140622
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2024 78/6/11 LIBERTY,NC TAYLORCRAFT BC12D CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, UNK/NR TIME - 2015 N96897 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HINSHAW GREENACRE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIBERTY,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL TANKS EMPTY.WITNESSES OBSERVED PLT CONSUMING SEVERAL BEERS DRG TWO FLTS AFTERNOON SAME DAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96897
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hinshaw Greenacre
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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.