# Incident 20121217028729I: Taylorcraft BC12-D, Winchester, VA, December 17, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2012, 16:13 local time
- Place: Winchester, VA
- Airport: Winchester Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1435° N, 78.1444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINCHESTER RGNL (OKV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1435&lon=-78.1444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96323, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96323) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65-8 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,684 total, 300 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121217028729I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 17, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 1615 LOCAL TIME, N96323 DEPARTED RUNWAY 14 AT WINCHESTER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KOKV). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PIC AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS CONDUCTING A FLIGHT FOR PLEASURE.  SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AGL N96323 LOST ENGINE POWER.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DESCRIBED THE LOSS OF POWER AS ABRUPT AND THAT THE ENGINE DID NOT SPUTTER.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FARM FIELD TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE AWAY.

A MAINTENANCE INSPECTION SUBSEQUENT TO THE INCIDENT REVEALED THE CARBURETOR HAD DEBRIS IN THE INLET AND THE BOWL AND THE SCREWS TO THE CARBURETOR BOWL WERE LOOSE.

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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