# Incident 20030621017929I: Tcraft BC12D, Wasilla, AK, June 21, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2003, 22:00 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Wasilla Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5720° N, 149.5396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WASILLA (IYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5720&lon=-149.5396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44233, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44233-2018-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D (registry code 8850316, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT BC12D
- Reported engine: CONT C858
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 50 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030621017929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT WHO WAS HAND PROPPING HIS AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT TIED DOWN OR CHOCKED. THE PERSON IN THE RIGHT SEAT DID NOT HAVE A SET OF BRAKES. THE THROTTLE WAS OPEN TOO MUCH. AFTER THE ENGINE STARTED THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO GET INTO THE AIRCRAFT AS IT TAXIED INTO ANOTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N44233 (1)

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

- [Accident 20070309003809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070309003809A), Mar 9, 2007: Tcraft BC12D (N44233), Hope, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot stated that after landing, he was taxiing his ski equipped aircraft up a snow covered incline. When he attempted to turn the aircraft to the…

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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