- Date
- September 22, 1976
- Place
- Norridgewock, ME · NORRIDGEWOCK, ME
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N44444Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760922029949A
- Case key
- 155884
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2787 76/9/22 NORRIDGEWOCK,ME TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 463 TIME - 1830 N44444 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 415 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CENTRAL MAINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORRIDGEWOCK,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND REMARKS- UNDERSHOT RUNWAY,LANDED IN GULLEY 100 FEET BELOW RUNWAY ELEVATION.NO AIRCRAFT OR ENGINE FAILURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44444
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Central Maine
N44444Registered now · Taylorcraft BC12-D1Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-D1Engine 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.
Other investigations on N44444 · 1
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