- Date
- June 24, 1978
- Place
- Scarboro, ME · SCARBORO, ME
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N47893Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780624024869A
- Case key
- 140802
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2577 78/6/24 SCARBORO,ME TAYLORCRAFT BC-12D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 46, 2025 TIME - 1540 N47893 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCARBORO,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL .23%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47893
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N47893Registered now · Taylorcraft BC12-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-65Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N47893 · 1
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