# NTSB SEA72AS002: Taylorcraft BCS12D, N96216, Sucia Island, WA, July 16, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 16, 1971
- Place: Sucia Island, WA · SUCIA ISLAND, WA
- Location: 48.7621° N, 122.9132° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sucia Island, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7621&lon=-122.9132&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 21, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162174
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA72AS002
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72AS002

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1304  71/7/16    SUCIA ISLAND,WASH   TAYLORCRAFT BCS12D  CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 172
        TIME - 1000                    N96216              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 56 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ORCAS ISLAND
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          SEATTLE,WASH                SHAW ISLAND,WASH             SUCIA ISLAND,WASH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        REMARKS- PLT ALLOWED PAX TO DEPLANE ON FLOAT TO MOOR ACFT. PAX WALKED INTO ROTATING PROP. PAX WASNT WARNED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N96216](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96216), registered now, S/N 8516, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BCS12D
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC12-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (registry code 8850316) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Orcas Island

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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