- Date
- September 5, 1965
- Place
- Island Falls, ME · ISLAND FALLS, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N43479Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175525
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2665 65/9/5 ISLAND FALLS ME TAYLORCRAFT BC-12D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 249 TIME - 1530 N43479 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 223 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BARKER RIDGE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM UNUSEABLE AREA OF PRIVATE AIRSTRIP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43479
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Barker Ridge
N43479Registered now · Taylorcraft BC-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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