# Accident 19980920025589A: Tcraft BC12D, Flying M Ranch, OR, September 20, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1998, 13:50 local time
- Place: Flying M Ranch, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3602° N, 123.2401° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3602&lon=-123.2401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95318, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95318-2021-01-11) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA184) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980920025589A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1998, APPROXIMATELY 1345 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A TAYLORCRAFT BD12-D, N95318, IMPACTED THE TERRAIN DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND AT FLYING M RANCH, ABOUT EIGHT MILES WEST OF YAMHILL, OREGAN. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE 14 CFR PART 01 PERSONAL PLEASURE FLIGHT, WHICH DEPARTED TROUTDALE AIRPORT ABOUT 45 MINUTES EARLIER, WAS BEING OPERATED IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED, AND THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AN ELT ACTIVATION. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS LANDING WITH A SLIGHT TAILWIND, AND JUST AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, IT WAS HIT WITH A GUST OF WIND. AT THAT POINT, HE DECIDED TO MAKE A GO-AROUND, AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB OUT AT A RATE THAT WOULD CLEAR THE TREES AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN.                                           (-23)PILOT ELECTED TO REJECT HIS LANDING AND DO A TOUCH AND GO, AFTER ENCOUNTERING WIND GUST JUST AS HE TOUCHED DOWN.  AIRSTRIP IS LOCATED IN A VALLEY IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.  AIRCRAFT BANKED SHARPLY NEAR WEST END OF THE RUNW AY AND IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A PASTURE APPROX 300 YRDS AWAY, ON A 50FT RISE, TO SOUTH OF RUNWAY. PILOT REPORTED MUSHY FLIGHT CONTROLS AND FELT THE AIRCRAFT BEING SLAMMED ONTO THE GROUND.  ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD.6-8 GAL. OF FUEL ON BOARD AS REPORTED BY PILOT.

## 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 SEA98LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA184), Sep 20, 1998: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N95318), Flying M Ranch, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain an airspeed above stalling speed (Vs), and the resultant stall/mush of the aircraft into the terrain. Factors include the pilot's improper decision to attempt a…

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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