# NTSB NYC87DNC04: Taylorcraft BC12D, N95575, West Farmington, ME, December 27, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: December 27, 1986, 13:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place: West Farmington, ME
- Location: 44.6628° N, 70.1553° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Farmington, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6628&lon=-70.1553&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30450
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87DNC04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30450/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87DNC04

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED IN A STEEP ATTITUDE AFTER TAKEOFF TO AN ALT OF APRX 100 FT AGL. THE ACFT THEN STALLED AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN IN A LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N95575](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95575-2014-11-24), registration cancelled 2014-11-24, S/N 7875, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12D
- 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: 7875
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A65-8 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: D. S. Freeman & J. W. Sweet
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 23, 1986, 33 hours before

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 104 total, 104 in this make and model, 75 as pilot in command, 26 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 338° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: AUG, 34 nm away

## 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 19861227072369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861227072369A), Dec 27, 1986: Tcraft STCBC, West Farmington, ME, Substantial damage. The aircraft on skis climbed steeply after takeoff, stalled and impacted the runway. Student carrying a passenger.

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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