# Incident 20020403005919I: Tcraft BC12D, Lake Charles, LA, April 3, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2002, 16:00 local time
- Place: Lake Charles, LA
- Airport: Lake Charles Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2266° N, 93.2174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Charles, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2266&lon=-93.2174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96C) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 50 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020403005919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT APPLIED EXCESSIVE BRAKING IN ATTEMPT TO EXIT FROM RW5 AT KILO. AIRMAN FAILED TO REDUCE BRAKING AS TAIL LIFTED TO THE VERTICAL AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY ON ITS NOSE.

## Other reports on N96C (1)

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

- [Incident 20251220018829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251220018829I), Dec 20, 2025: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N96C), Abilene, TX, Minor damage. On 12/20/2025 at approximately 1530 local time, a Taylorcraft tailwheel equipped BC12-D registered to a private owner sustained minor damage at the Abilene…

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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