# Accident 19980514009199A: Tcraft BC12D, Mccalla, AL, May 14, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1998, 12:15 local time
- Place: Mccalla, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2810° N, 87.1198° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2810&lon=-87.1198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96750, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96750-2013-08-19) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98FA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98FA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980514009199A

## Narrative

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

FLOATED LANDING. TRIED GO AROUND NOSE HIGH. STALLED. VERTICAL IMPACT ENSUED. CRASHED IN RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. (.4) THE PILOT WAS IN HIS UP-WIND CLIMB, HAVING REJECTED HIS LANDING, WHEN THE AIRPLANE SUDDENLY NOSED DOWN FROM AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 100 FEET, AGL, AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN IN A NEARLY VERTICAL ATTITUDE. THE SURVIVING RIGHT SEAT PASSENGER STATED HE REMEMBERS LITTLE ABOUT THE INCIDENT, BUT FELT THE LOSS OF CONTROL WAS NOT A MALFUNCTION OF THE AIRPLANE. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE, AIRFRAME, AND FLIGHT CONTROLS CONFIRMED THIS. POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY TESTING OF SPECIMENS FROM THE PILOT SHOWED NO FINDINGS THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED CAUSAL TO THE ACCIDENT. (-23) ON MAY 14, 1998 MR. TUBBS CERTIFICATE #231261610 WAS THE PILOT OF N96750 A TAYLORCRAFT BC-12D. MR. TUBBS WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND BUT COULD NOT GET THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND IN A SAFE DISTANCE, SO HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A GO AROUND. MR. GRAFFO A PASSENGER AND THE ONLY OTHER OCCUPANT STATED THAT HE WAS LOOKING OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED. HE STATED HE SAW BLUE OF SKY THEN SUDDENLY THE GROUND WAS COMING UP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA98FA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98FA162), May 14, 1998: Taylorcraft BC-12D (N96750), Mccalla, AL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in a stall.

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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