Taylorcraft BC12-D N6601N

1 November 1972 · Eagle Butte, South Dakota, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 1 November 1972 at about 15:15 local time, a Taylorcraft BC12-D registered N6601N was involved in an accident during in flight near Eagle Butte, South Dakota, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 1 November 1972 at 15:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Eagle Butte, South Dakota, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Taylorcraft BC12-D
Registration: N6601N
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Other
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Milesville, S Dak → 40MI Ne & Return
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3724

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

CHECKING CATTLE.BC12D-85.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3724, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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