# Accident 19990522045649A: Taylorcraft BC12-D, Rose Bud, May 22, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1999, 10:55 local time
- Place: Rose Bud
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 35.3291° N, 92.0694° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3291&lon=-92.0694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95754, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95754-2000-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D (registry code 8850316, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99FA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990522045649A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON MAY 22, 1999, AT 1055 CDT, N95754, A TAYLORCRAFT BC-12D, OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AFTER IMPACTING TREES DURING FINAL APPROACH TO A PRIVATE LANDING STRIP NEAR ROSE BUD, ARKANSAS.  THE PRIVATE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND HER SOLE PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 FLIGHT.  THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE AFORMENTIONED PRIVATE LANDING STRIP.  ACCORDING TO WITNESSES,  WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, LANDING TO THE WEST, THE AIRCRAFT "BANKED RIGHT THEN HARD LEFT" THEN NOSED INTO THE TREES.

## 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 FTW99FA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA143), May 22, 1999: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N95754), Rose Bud, AR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain minimum required airspeed for flight, which resulted in an inadvertent 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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