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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA68F0070

1967-07-12 BELLEVUE, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N95896

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19580505

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD5611

Registrant of record

REED THOMAS E

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N95896 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 · N95896

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

Part 91 (general aviation)

Airport

BELLEVUE

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Aircraft history

Total time

358 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

24

Age

43

Investigator remarks

PARKED AIRCRAFT N2972V-SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause

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 3220. Source file NTSB_1967_3_3220.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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