# NTSB MKC82FCJ05: Taylorcraft BC-12-65, N29639, Max, NE, August 23, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: August 22, 1982, 19:20 local (Aug 23, 1982, 01:20 UTC)
- Place: Max, NE
- Location: 40.1143° N, 101.4045° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Max, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1143&lon=-101.4045&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71612
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82FCJ05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71612/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82FCJ05

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, cruise - normal
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - wire,transmission
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise - normal

## Analysis

PILOT FLYING CROSS-COUNTRY AT LOW ALTITUDE COLLIDED WITH WIRES AND CRASHED. NO MALFUNCTIONS OF AIRCRAFT OBSERVED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29639](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29639-2012-09-24), registration cancelled 2012-09-24, S/N 2504, built 1941 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC-12-65
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC12-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-65) (registry code 8850310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2504
- Airframe hours: 2050
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820822042579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820822042579A), Aug 22, 1982: Tcraft BC1265, Max, NE, Destroyed. Low flying aircraft struck powerline and crashed in a ravine. Previous history of low flying activity.

## Other investigations on N29639 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN78FTE79](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FTE79), Jul 24, 1978: Taylorcraft BC1265 (N29639), Boulder, CO, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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