- Date
- February 16, 1976
- Place
- Minorsville, PA · MINORSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N43435Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760216003109A
- Case key
- 149825
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0120 76/2/16 MINORSVILLE,PA TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1115 N43435 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 37, 877 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 45 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHUYKILL CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINORSVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- STEEP RIGHT CLIMBING TURN AFTER TAKE OFF,NOSE DROPPED,PLUNGED STRAIGHT DOWN INTO GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43435
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Schuykill Co
N43435Registration cancelled Jan 2, 2014 · Taylorcraft BC12-DAirframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-DEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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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.