# Accident 20010615039619A: Tcraft BC12D, Seward, AK, June 15, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2001, 13:00 local time
- Place: Seward, AK
- Airport: Seward
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.1269° N, 149.4189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.1269&lon=-149.4189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95274, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95274-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D (registry code 8850316, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC12D
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010615039619A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 15, 2001, N95274, A TUNDRA-TIRE EQUIPPED TAYLORCRAFT BC12 SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING TAXI AFTER LANDING, AT SEWARD, ALASKA. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 30 AT SEWARD AND WAS TAXIING FROM THE LANDING. WHILE TAXIING A QUARTERING TAILWIND CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO GROUND LOOP OFF THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK A TREE STUMP. AFTER STRIKING THE TREE STUMP THE PILOT INSPECTED THE AIRPLANE AND FOUND TWO BROKEN LOWER FUSELAGE LONGERONS, LOCATED BETWEEN THE TAILWHEEL AND THE WING TRAILING EDGE. AWOS REPORTED THE WIND AT THE TIME OF THE LANDING WAS 320 DEGREES (TRUE) AT 14 KNOTS, GUSTS TO 19 KNOTS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 ANC01LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA068), Jun 15, 2001: Taylorcraft BC12D (N95274), Seward, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions during taxi from landing. A factor in the accident was a crosswind.

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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