# Accident 20040226015159A: Tcraft BC12D, Wrightsville, AR, February 26, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2004, 18:00 local time
- Place: Wrightsville, AR
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7167° N, 92.2242° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7167&lon=-92.2242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43005, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43005-2015-04-30) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 15,100 total, 300 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04FA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040226015159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 26, 2004, APPROXIMATELY 1800 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D, SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N43005, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL IN FLIGHT WHILE IN THE LANDING PATTERN AT A PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NORTH OF WRIGHTSVILLE, ARKANSAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND HIS PILOT-RATED PASSENGER WAS FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE PRIVATE AIRSTRIP AT 1625.

## 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 FTW04FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04FA083), Feb 27, 2004: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N43005), Wrightsville, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed sufficient for flight resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern.

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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