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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event SEA73DYE34

1973-05-17 BELLEVUE, Washington, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

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 ↗.