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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tcraft BC12-D · North Pole, AK · November 23, 1987

Date: November 23, 1987 · 16:00 local
Place: North Pole, AK
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N29694
Reported as: Tcraft BC12D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total200 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N29694Registered now · Taylorcraft BC12-DS/N 2538 · Built 1941 Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-D Engine modelContinental A&C75 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Hit by gusty winds on takeoff roll. Lost directional control. Hit bushes. Ground looped. Went up on its nose.

As the FAA filed it

HIT BY GUSTY WINDS ON TAKEOFF ROLL. LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. HIT BUSHES. GROUND LOOPED. WENT UP ON ITS NOSE.