# Accident 20051223029719A: Tcraft BC12D, Los Lunas, NM, December 23, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2005, 12:37 local time
- Place: Los Lunas, NM
- Airport: Mid Valley Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7597° N, 106.7453° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7597&lon=-106.7453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96924, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96924) (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: 1,400 total, 20 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06CA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051223029719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 23, 2005, AT 1237 MST, A TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D, N96924, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON LANDING AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH AT MID VALLEY AIRPARK, LOS LUNAS, NM, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MID VALLEY AIRPARK, LOS LUNAS, NM ON DECEMBER 23, 2005 AT 1115 MST.

## 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 DEN06CA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA025), Dec 23, 2005: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N96924), Los Lunas, NM, minor damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop.

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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