- Date
- October 8, 1964
- Place
- New Smyrna Bh, FL · NEW SMYRNA BH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N95020Taylorcraft BC12D
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181440
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3168 64/10/8 NEW SMYRNA BH FLA TAYLORCRAFT BC12D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 55 TOTAL TIME - 1030 N95020 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW SMYRNA BEACH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: TO TAKEOFF COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 21 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95020
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Smyrna Beach
N95020Registration cancelled Jan 31, 2007 · Taylorcraft BC12-DAirframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-DEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.