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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tcraft BC12-D · Abbeville, LA · April 16, 2006

Date: April 16, 2006 · 10:06 local
Place: Abbeville, LA
Airport: Abbeville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N96910
Reported as: Tcraft BC12D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,753 total221 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

N96910Registered now · Taylorcraft BC12-DS/N 9210 · 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) While performing a crosswind landing, a gust of wind picked the right wing up after touchdown causing the aircraft to turn into the wind, with the right tire catching the grass on the west side of the runway and the aircraft rolled into a cross drainage ditch causing the right gear to collapse. The engine, which was at idle, made contact with the bank of the ditch and stopped. No injuries reported.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE PERFORMING A CROSSWIND LANDING, A GUST OF WIND PICKED THE RIGHT WING UP AFTER TOUCHDOWN CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN INTO THE WIND, WITH THE RIGHT TIRE CATCHING THE GRASS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED INTO A CROSS DRAINAGE DITCH CAUSING THE RIGHT GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE ENGINE, WHICH WAS AT IDLE, MADE CONTACT WITH THE BANK OF THE DITCH AND STOPPED. NO INJURIES REPORTED.