# Incident 20070719020289I: Tcraft BC12D, Anchorage, AK, July 19, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2007, 18:13 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95179, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95179-2020-09-04) (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
- Reported engine: CONT A658
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070719020289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 19, 2007, ABOUT 1815 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A TAYLORCRAFT BC-12D AIRPLANE, N9897Y, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO ITS PROPELLER WHEN IT STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT WHILE TAXIING INTO CAMPGROUND PARKING AT MERRILL FIELD, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER TITLE 14, CFR PART 91, WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATED PILOT AND SOLE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE (IIC) ON AUGUST 3, 2007, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE THE TAXI LIGHT AND THAT IT WAS AN ERROR ON HIS PART.

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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