- Date
- August 12, 1973
- Place
- Greenville, ME · GREENVILLE, ME
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N39271Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730812024229A
- Case key
- 189576
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1966 73/8/12 NR.GREENVILLE,ME TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 404 TIME - 1100 N39271 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 370 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ENGINE LOADED UP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENGINE FAILED ON APPROACH TO WATER LANDING TO INVESTIGATE CAUSE OF SMOKE IN COCKPIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39271
- 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.