- Date
- August 20, 1983, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wakefield, NH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N96755Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830820045039A
- Case key
- 35257
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that he taxied out of a protected cove to takeoff on the main part of balch lake. After lift-off, he realized the wind was too gusty to be flying, & aborted from aprx 30 to 40 ft AGL. He saw telephone wires ahead that crossed the lake & descended faster than normal to assure a landing before the acft got to the wires. Subsequently, the float plane landed hard & the right front strut failed. However, the acft remained afloat & was later towed to the shore.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96755
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9055
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lawrence Green
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 19, 1982
- Departed
- Wakefield, NH
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 610 in this make and model · 1,000 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.