# Accident 20110813020529A: Taylorcraft BC12-D, West Liberty, KY, August 13, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2011, 11:00 local time
- Place: West Liberty, KY
- Airport: West Liberty
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9144° N, 83.2522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9144&lon=-83.2522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5080M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5080M-2013-01-31) (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: TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,420 total, 2 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA453](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA453) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110813020529A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDING RUNWAY 25 AT 9I3, HAD TOO MUCH SPEED, LANDED LONG, WAS UNABLE TO STOP PRIOR TO END OF RUNWAY.  PILOT INITIATED GROUND LOOP AT WHICH POINT HE WENT DOWN THE EMBANKMENT AND ENDED UP IN A DRIVEWAY. PILOT IS UNINJURED.

## 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 ERA11CA453](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA453), Aug 13, 2011: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N5080M), West Liberty, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.

## Other reports on N5080M (1)

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

- [Accident 20000716036639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000716036639A), Jul 16, 2000: Tcraft BC12D (N5080M), Dowagiac, MI, No damage. (-23) Pilot was landing and on the roll-out when the aircraft abruptly went into a nose down flip. The aircraft flipped over it's nose and landed on it's top.…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.