- Date
- February 23, 1992, 09:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place
- Gibson Island, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N96023Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920223003329A
- Case key
- 37131
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain proper altitude and clearance with water, which resulted in an in flight collision with water. Contributing to the accident was the pilot allowed the airplane to descend while making a right turn.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the pilot he had descended out of 1200 MSL to 350 feet indicated over a river. He was following the river in an easterly direction and started a turn to the right. The pilot said, '... I was looking to the left in the turn when I heard the airplane strike the water.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96023
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8323
- Airframe hours
- 2,226
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Anthony R. Lee
- Registered owner
- Anthony R. Lee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 2, 1991 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- AND · Annoplis, MD
- Destination
- MD43 · Lakeshore, MD
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 402 total · 286 in this make and model · 402 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 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.