# NTSB NYC84FA189: Taylorcraft BC12-D, N95040, South Paris, ME, March 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 9, 1984, 00:00 local (05:00 UTC)
- Place: South Paris, ME
- Location: 44.2178° N, 70.5130° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Paris, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2178&lon=-70.5130&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35346
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FA189
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35346/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA189

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly

## Analysis

BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, THE PLT WAS LAST SEEN ON 3/9/84 AT 1530 EST & HAD NOT EXPRESSED ANY INTENTIONS OF FLYING. AT 1730, HIS CAR WAS LOCATED AT THE ARPT & HIS ACFT, WHICH HAD BEEN KEPT THERE, WAS GONE. THE ACFT WAS FOUND ON 5/24/84 WHERE IT HAD CRASHED ON MOUNTAINOUS/HILLY TERRAIN WHILE DESCENDING UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES. THE HISTORY OF FLT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF THE ACFT WAS FOUND. A TOXICOLOGICAL CHECK OF THE PLT'S BLOOD REVEALED AN ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.08%; HOWEVER, THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL DUE TO PUTREFACTION WAS NOT KNOWN. ABOUT 45 MI SE OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, THE 1650 EST WX AT PORTLAND, ME, WAS, IN PART: SKY CLEAR, VISIBILITY 20 MI, WIND 030 DEG AT 10 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N95040](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95040-2014-11-24), registration cancelled 2014-11-24, S/N 9440, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC12-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (registry code 8850316) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 9440
- Airframe hours: 2759
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A-65 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jerry L. Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 28, 1983, 32 hours before
- Departed: BOWDOINHAM, ME

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; toxicology performed; flight hours: 155 total, 31 in this make and model, 135 as pilot in command, 31 in the last 90 days, 19 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Wind: 30° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 19 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PWM

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840309075639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840309075639A), Mar 9, 1984: Tcraft BC12D, South Paris, ME, Destroyed. Aircraft collided with trees and rising terrain. Pilot had consumed alcohol prior to flight.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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