# NTSB WPR26LA344: Taylorcraft BC12D, N96888, Nibbe, MT, September 14, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: September 14, 2026, 14:29 local (20:29 UTC)
- Place: Nibbe, MT
- Coordinates: 46, -108 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0000&lon=-108.0000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203820
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA344
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203820/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA344

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: N96888 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12D
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jeremy Knutsen
- Registered owner: Jeremy Knutsen
- Airport: NA

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 33 knots, gusting 44
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 29.87 inHg
- Observed at: KBIL, 25 nm away
- METAR: METAR KBIL 141953Z 27033G44KT 10SM FEW055 BKN085 18/M02 A2987 RMK AO2 PK WND 27044/1948 SLP093 T01831022

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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