# NTSB UNK64X0294: Taylorcraft BC12D, N96975, Ellis, KS, January 19, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 19, 1964
- Place: Ellis, KS · ELLIS, KS
- Location: 38.9347° N, 99.5568° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ellis, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9347&lon=-99.5568&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185549
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0294
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0294

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0153  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96975-2017-02-13), registration cancelled 2017-02-13, S/N 9275, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12D
- 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
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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