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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tcraft BC12-D · Vacaville, CA · May 20, 2008

Date: May 20, 2008 · 13:32 local
Place: Vacaville, CA
Airport: Nut Tree
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N95332
Reported as: Tcraft BC12D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total3 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

N95332Registered now · Taylorcraft BC12-DS/N 9732 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) Commercial pilot taxied his airplane away from wind protected area and lost control when the 20 mph to 28 mph wind pushed him towards parked aircraft. The pilot tried to reposition his feet onto the heel brakes and moved his foot away from the rudder petal which he had fully depressed. The aircraft flipped 180 degrees and hit three other parked planes on the ramp. The pilot stated that his instructor told him that he need to practice in the wind. His instructor, is privacy data omitted a private pilot. This is the second time privacy data omitted name has come up in the last three months involving an accident at the nutree (vcb) airport.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) COMMERCIAL PILOT TAXIED HIS AIRPLANE AWAY FROM WIND PROTECTED AREA AND LOST CONTROL WHEN THE 20 MPH TO 28 MPH WIND PUSHED HIM TOWARDS PARKED AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT TRIED TO REPOSITION HIS FEET ONTO THE HEEL BRAKES AND MOVED HIS FOOT AWAY FROM THE RUDDER PETAL WHICH HE HAD FULLY DEPRESSED. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED 180 DEGREES AND HIT THREE OTHER PARKED PLANES ON THE RAMP. THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS INSTRUCTOR TOLD HIM THAT HE NEED TO PRACTICE IN THE WIND. HIS INSTRUCTOR, IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A PRIVATE PILOT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NAME HAS COME UP IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS INVOLVING AN ACCIDENT AT THE NUTREE (VCB) AIRPORT.