# NTSB SEA79FA025: Taylorcraft BC-65, N23633, Orting, WA, March 17, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 17, 1979
- Place: Orting, WA · ORTING, WA
- Location: 47.0969° N, 122.2117° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orting, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0969&lon=-122.2117&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 3, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 137937
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA79FA025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0271  79/3/17    ORTING,WA           TAYLORCRAFT BC-65   CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1130                    N23633              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  36, 11400 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          KENT,WA                     EATONVILLE,WA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               IN FLIGHT: BUZZING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N23633](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23633-2012-09-04), registration cancelled 2012-09-04, S/N 1363, built 1939 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC-65
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc-65) (registry code 8850306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## 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 19790317004899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790317004899A), Mar 17, 1979: Tcraft BC65, Orting, WA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Acft struck powerlines over river during low level flight. Crashed inverted in river.

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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