- Date
- February 6, 1972
- Place
- Souderton, PA · SOUDERTON, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N43892Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165085
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0574 72/2/6 SOUDERTON,PA TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0930 N43892 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 53, 6132 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2235 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEHRIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUDERTON,PA MONTGOMERYVILLE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- ICE IN FUEL LINE AT LOW SPOT BETWEEN FIREWALL AND GASCOLATOR.PLT DRAINED SUMPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43892
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gehris
N43892Registered now · Taylorcraft BC12-DAirframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-DEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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Other investigations on N43892 · 1
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