# NTSB UNK64X0967: Taylorcraft BC12D, N39935, Rendon, TX, March 17, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 17, 1964
- Place: Rendon, TX · RENDON, TX
- Location: 32.5797° N, 97.2367° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rendon, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5797&lon=-97.2367&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185610
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0967
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0967

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0064  64/3/17    RENDON TEX          TAYLORCRAFT BC12D   CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 34, 90 TOTAL
        TIME - 1900                    N39935              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N39935](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39935-1971-07-15), registration cancelled 1971-07-15, S/N 6588 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12D
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC12-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (registry code 8850316) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: 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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