Taylorcraft BC12-D N95040

Summary

On 9 March 1984 at about 05:00 local time, a Taylorcraft BC12-D registered N95040 was involved in an accident near South Paris, Maine, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 March 1984 at 05:00

Classification

Accident

Location

South Paris, Maine, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Taylorcraft BC12-D

Registration

N95040

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bowdoinham → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

NYC84FA189

1 person died.

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

BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, THE PLT WAS LAST SEEN ON 3/9/84 AT 1530 EST & HAD NOT EXPRESSED ANY INTENTIONS OF FLYING. AT 1730, HIS CAR WAS LOCATED AT THE ARPT & HIS ACFT, WHICH HAD BEEN KEPT THERE, WAS GONE. THE ACFT WAS FOUND ON 5/24/84 WHERE IT HAD CRASHED ON MOUNTAINOUS/HILLY TERRAIN WHILE DESCENDING UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES. THE HISTORY OF FLT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF THE ACFT WAS FOUND. A TOXICOLOGICAL CHECK OF THE PLT'S BLOOD REVEALED AN ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.08%; HOWEVER, THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL DUE TO PUTREFACTION WAS NOT KNOWN. ABOUT 45 MI SE OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, THE 1650 EST WX AT PORTLAND, ME, WAS, IN PART: SKY CLEAR, VISIBILITY 20 MI, WIND 030 DEG AT 10 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.