# Incident 19970618019299I: Tcraft BC12D, Fairbanks, AK, June 18, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1997, 14:30 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44239, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44239) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D (registry code 8850316, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC12D
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970618019299I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STARTED THE A/C BY HAND PROPPING. AFTER IT STARTED, WHILE WALKING AROUND THE WING STRUT THE PILOT NOTICED AN INCREASE IN ENGINE RPM. THE A/C JUMPED THE CHOCKS AND PROCEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE FORWARD MOVEMENT BY HOLDING THE WING STRUT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REACH INSIDE TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF. THIS ATTEMPT FAILED AND THE TAYLORCRAFT STRUCK TWO OTHER A/C, DESTROYING THE EMPENAGE OF ONE. THE TAYLORCRAFT WAS CHOCKED BUT NOT TIED DOWN DURING THE HAND PROPPING OPERATION.

## Other reports on N44239 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990727023129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990727023129I), Jul 27, 1999: Tcraft BC12D (N44239), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. (-23) On landing student and instructor applied right rudder at same time to correct for a turn to left. Rudder pedal went to floor and precluded use of toe…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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