# Incident 19980411013809I: Tcraft BC12D1, Springdale, AR, April 11, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1998, 11:00 local time
- Place: Springdale, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1867° N, 94.1288° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springdale, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1867&lon=-94.1288&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44283, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44283) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D1 (registry code 8850320, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC12D1
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 254 total, 200 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980411013809I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT 11:00 AM ON 4/11/98, TAYLORCRAFT N44283 EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER ENROUTE FROM BENTONVILLE TO HUNTSVILLE, AND COULD NOT MAINTAIN CRUISE ALTITUDE. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF SPRINGDALE, AR PARALLEL TO HWY. 412E. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY, BUT HIT A HOLE AND FLIPPED OVER IN THE TALL GRASS, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE PASSENGER WERE INJURED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N44283 (1)

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

- [Incident 19981013040919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981013040919I), Oct 13, 1998: Tcraft BC12D1 (N44283), Huntsville, AR, Minor damage. After landing and just prior to turning off runway, pilot abruptly applied brakes and aircraft tipped forward onto nose.

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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