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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event UNK64X0783

1964-03-01 FLUSHING, Michigan, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N96179

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D

Year of manufacture

1946 · 18 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES (65 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19590309

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S AD634C

Registrant of record

WHEELOCK LARRY A

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N96179 Taylorcraft BC12D 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 BC12D · N96179

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

A0

Operator type

D

Airport

DALTON

Kind of flying

B0

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

70

Age

33

Investigator remarks

PARKED AIRCRAFT, AERONCA 7AC, N83291, SUBST.

Cause factors

64/A/37 A
PILOT IN COMMAND STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT Cause — pilot/personnel action
64/1/33 1
PILOT IN COMMAND EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT Subordinate · 1

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 0536. Source file NTSB_1964_3_0536.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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