- Date
- November 14, 1973
- Place
- Fairbury, NE · FAIRBURY, NE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5041MTaylorcraft BC12-D
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731114038929A
- Case key
- 187913
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3712 73/11/14 NR.FAIRBURY,NEBR TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1828 N5041M PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 31, 4427 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 235 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BELLEVILLE,KANS CRETE,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 56 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 310 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- HAD VENTURI-DRIVEN NEEDLE/BALL,NO ATT INDCR.SINGLE CABIN INTERIOR LIGHT PWRD BY AUTO BATTERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5041M
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.