Accident · 1993-10-16

NTSB case LAX94LA015 · TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1993-10-16
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D (N94981)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: JAMES W. WARDELL Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): JAMES W. WARDELL

Probable cause

a failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain adequate airspeed and subsequent inadvertent stall while maneuvering the airplane. Contamination of the fuel in the carburetor that produced a partial power loss was a factor in the accident.

Source: NTSB case LAX94LA015

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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