- Date
- September 21, 1964
- Place
- Middletown, DE · MIDDLETOWN, DE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N43542Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181756
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0731 64/9/21 MIDDLETOWN DEL TAYLORCRAFT BC-12D CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 231 TIME - 1758 N43542 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAKERS FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DETERIORATED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43542
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bakers Field
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