Taylorcraft BC12-D N43478

13 January 1973 · Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 13 January 1973 at about 16:30 local time, a Taylorcraft BC12-D registered N43478 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 13 January 1973 at 16:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States
Nearest airport: Blue Earth
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Taylorcraft BC12-D
Registration: N43478
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0051

People

2 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	2	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

DRG ATMPT TO AVOID TREES ACFT ENTRD HI SINK RATE.

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 3-0051, 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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