- Date
- September 20, 1964
- Place
- Plant City, FL · PLANT CITY, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N43428Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181749
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0715 64/9/20 NR.PLANT CITY FLA TAYLORCRAFT BC-12D CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 70 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N43428 PX- 0 1 0 PRACTICE HOURS, NOT INSTRUMENT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- ACCIDENT OCCURED DURING ATTEMPTED SIMULATED CROP-DUSTING MANEUVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43428
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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