20030517010709I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tcraft BC12D-85 · Bethel, AK · May 17, 2003

Date: May 17, 2003 · 15:41 local
Place: Bethel, AK
Airport: Bethel Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N95051
Reported as: Tcraft BC12D85
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 105 total100 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N95051Registered now · Taylorcraft BC12D-85S/N 9451 Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC12D-85 Engine modelContinental C85 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) Mr. Dudley departed Bethel approximately 2 hours prior to this landing event to practice take off and landings at various airports in the local Bethel area. Upon returning to Bethel for his final landing of the flight, he lost control of the airplane during the post landing roll out. This loss of control culminated in a partial ground loop. The airplane came to a stop tilted up on its nose. Damage was minimal and this event was downgraded by the NTSB (iic james labelle) to an incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) MR. DUDLEY DEPARTED BETHEL APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS LANDING EVENT TO PRACTICE TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS AT VARIOUS AIRPORTS IN THE LOCAL BETHEL AREA. UPON RETURNING TO BETHEL FOR HIS FINAL LANDING OF THE FLIGHT, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE POST LANDING ROLL OUT. THIS LOSS OF CONTROL CULMINATED IN A PARTIAL GROUND LOOP. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP TILTED UP ON ITS NOSE. DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL AND THIS EVENT WAS DOWNGRADED BY THE NTSB (IIC JAMES LABELLE) TO AN INCIDENT.