# NTSB UNK64X4087: Taylorcraft BC-12D, N43542, Middletown, DE, September 21, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 21, 1964
- Place: Middletown, DE · MIDDLETOWN, DE
- Location: 39.4417° N, 75.7174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4417&lon=-75.7174&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 14, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181756
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X4087
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X4087

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0731  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43542-1964-10-29), registration cancelled 1964-10-29, S/N 7201 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC-12D
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC12-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (registry code 8850316) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Bakers Field

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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