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Incident

FAA incident report · Tcraft BC12-D · Okmulgee, OK · November 5, 2002

Date: November 5, 2002 · 12:05 local
Place: Okmulgee, OK
Airport: Okmulgee Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N96262
Reported as: Tcraft BC12D
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,250 total

N96262Registered now · Taylorcraft BC12-DS/N 8562 · Built 1946 Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-D Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) At about 12:05 CST, at Okmulgee airport, the pilot of Taylorcraft, N96262, was struck in the head by his runaway aircraft. He was transported from Okmulgee Municipal Airport to st. francis hospital, tulsa, OK. Witnesses said the pilot chased the aircraft and was struck by some part of the aircraft's tail section. Shortly thereafter, the aircraft stopped. In a telephone interview with the pilot 11/07/2002, he said he was enroute from bartlesville, OK to victoria Texas. He was stopping at Okmulgee to refuel. Upon landing he put the throttle in the idle position and the engine stopped running. He said he propped the engine, it started and got away from him. (-23 amendment) this had been downgraded to an incident per NTSB.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT ABOUT 12:05 CST, AT OKMULGEE AIRPORT, THE PILOT OF TAYLORCRAFT, N96262, WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD BY HIS RUNAWAY AIRCRAFT. HE WAS TRANSPORTED FROM OKMULGEE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT TO ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL, TULSA, OK. WITNESSES SAID THE PILOT CHASED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS STRUCK BY SOME PART OF THE AIRCRAFT'S TAIL SECTION. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED. IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT 11/07/2002, HE SAID HE WAS ENROUTE FROM BARTLESVILLE, OK TO VICTORIA TEXAS. HE WAS STOPPING AT OKMULGEE TO REFUEL. UPON LANDING HE PUT THE THROTTLE IN THE IDLE POSITION AND THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. HE SAID HE PROPPED THE ENGINE, IT STARTED AND GOT AWAY FROM HIM. (-23 AMENDMENT) THIS HAD BEEN DOWNGRADED TO AN INCIDENT PER NTSB.