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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA67D0198

1966-11-20 JEROME, Idaho, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N39230

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D

Year of manufacture

1945 · 21 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19551121

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A48D11

Registrant of record

FRERICHS KEVINI M

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N39230 Taylorcraft BC12-D None

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D · N39230

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

C0

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

JEROME COUNTY

Kind of flying

A1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

1,556 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

17

Age

17

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

CTOR IS AIRPORT MANAGER AND WAS AWARE OF HAZARD.

Investigator remarks

HIT STACKED-UP TUMBLEWEEDS,EDGE OF RUNWAY INSTRU

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
68/L/C0 L
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
68/K/H0 K
PERSONNEL IMPROPER MAINTENANCE-AIRPORT FACILITIES Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4101. Source file NTSB_1966_3_4101.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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