# Accident 20070309003809A: Tcraft BC12D, Hope, AK, March 9, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2007, 13:00 local time
- Place: Hope, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.9203° N, 149.6403° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hope, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.9203&lon=-149.6403&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 C85*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 20 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070309003809A

## Narrative

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

(-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 LEFT, IT SLID INTO A CREEK BED. THE REAR SPAR OF THE RIGHT WING RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N44233 (1)

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

- [Incident 20030621017929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030621017929I), Jun 21, 2003: Tcraft BC12D (N44233), Wasilla, AK, Minor damage. (-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…

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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