NTSB CAROL · Event
Event SEA73DYE34
Registry · N95514
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D
Year of manufacture
1946 · 27 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD49D2
Registrant of record
SKIERKA LEO F
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
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 · N95514
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
B2
Operator type
D
Airport
BELLEVUE
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET
Wind
225° / 5 kt
Temp
80° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000007914
Total time
5,050 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
6,002
Age
42
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
XIWAY. PLT STATED R BRAKE WAS STICKING.
Investigator remarks
DOWNWIND GUSTING TO 15K. TURNING OFF RWY ONTO TA
Cause factors
- 64/A/22 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 64/J/80 J PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND Joint cause
- 64/J/50 J PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED SPEED Joint cause
- 88/J/AQ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DOWNWIND Joint cause
- 70/J/CJ J AIRFRAME BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) Joint cause
- 88/J/CJ J MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PINCHED Joint 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 1180.
Source file
NTSB_1973_3_1180.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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