# NTSB SEA83LA071: Taylorcraft BC12-D, N44025, Everett, WA, April 1, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 1, 1983, 06:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Everett, WA
- Coordinates: 47.939361, -122.240028 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9394&lon=-122.2400&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39671
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA071
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39671/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA071

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - procedures/directives - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT COLLIDED WITH A PARKED AIRCRAFT WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. THE WEATHER WAS VMC AND THE TAXIWAYS WERE CLEAR. THE PILOT SAID THE RIGHT WING OF HIS AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE LEFT WING OF THE PARKED AIRCRAFT AND THE MOVING AIRCRAFT SWUNG AROUND INTO THE OTHER CRAFT. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE DAMAGED BUT THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT DIVERTED HIS ATTENTION FROM TAXIING TO SET HIS ALTIMETER AND RADIO WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N44025](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44025), registered now, S/N 9825 (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: 9825
- Airframe hours: 891
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A-65 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Merritt P.Kline
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 20, 1982, 10 hours before
- Airport: PAE, Paine Field

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 450 total, 200 in this make and model, 397 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 9,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PAE

## 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 19830401014119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830401014119A), Apr 1, 1983: Tcraft BC12D, Everett, WA, Substantial damage. Pilot allowed aircraft to collide with parked airplane during taxi. Pilot was setting altimeter.

## Other investigations on N44025 (1)

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.

- [NTSB ANC70FAG35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC70FAG35), Jun 21, 1970: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N44025), Dillingham, AK, destroyed

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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