- Date
- August 22, 1982, 19:20 local (Aug 23, 1982, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Max, NE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29639Taylorcraft BC-12-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820822042579A
- Case key
- 71612
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Judgment - poorFactor
Proper altitude - not maintainedFactor
Object - wire,transmission
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Pilot flying cross-country at low altitude collided with wires and crashed. No malfunctions of aircraft observed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29639
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2504
- Airframe hours
- 2,050
- Engine
- Continental A-75-8, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Noel R. Noe
- Registered owner
- Noel R. Noe
- Departed
- Mccook, NE
- Destination
- Boulder, CO
N29639Registration cancelled Sep 24, 2012 · Taylorcraft BC12-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 880 total · 578 in this make and model · 823 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 360° at 21 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 160 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N29639 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.