- Date
- January 19, 1964
- Place
- Ellis, KS · ELLIS, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N96975Taylorcraft BC12D
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185549
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0153 64/1/19 ELLIS KANS TAYLORCRAFT BC12D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 122 TIME - 1100 N96975 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- PASSENGER INADVERTENTLY BUMPED THE THROTTLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96975
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N96975Registration cancelled Feb 13, 2017 · Taylorcraft BC12-DAirframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-DEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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