- Date
- June 7, 1986, 15:43 local (23:43 UTC)
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N96336Taylorcraft BCM-12D-85
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860607075959A
- Case key
- 40419
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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
The plt felt a sudden hard jolt while in cruise flt. The acft assumed a nose low, left wing down attitude which the plt was unable to correct by use of power and control inputs. The acft was at a low altitude due to weather. The acft impacted the water in a left wing down, nose low attitude shortly after the loss of control. After the acft was recovered it was discovered that the left float had separated in flight causing a loss of control. Metallurgical examination revealed pre-existing fatigue cracking of two steel members. The low tensile strength and marginal quality of the steel contributed to the early failure of the fittng.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96336
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BCM-12D-85
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8636
- Airframe hours
- 8,087
- Engine
- Continental 85-12-F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles P. Mcgee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 12, 1985 · 139 hours before
- Departed
- Wilson Arm, AK
- Destination
- 5KE · Kechikan, AK
- Airport
- 5KE · Ketchikan Harbor Spb, runway 13, 10,000 × 150 ft, water
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 4,459 total · 139 in this make and model · 3,902 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KTN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.