# Incident 20130807014239I: Taylorcraft BC12-D, North Las Vegas, NV, August 7, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2013, 14:06 local time
- Place: North Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2107° N, 115.1944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH LAS VEGAS (VGT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2107&lon=-115.1944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49368, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49368) (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 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,016 total, 1,900 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/20130807014239I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS APPROACHING NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT (KVGT) AND WAS CLEARED FOR A RIGHT BASE TO RUNWAY (RWY)12R ABOUT 3 MILES OUT WITH WINDS AT 12 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 22. PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ABOUT A MINUTE LATER ON RWY 25L. WINDS WERE NOW 18 KTS, GUSTING TO 28. PILOT LINED UP TO LAND AND HAD ABOUT A 30 DEGREE CRAB TO HOLD THE CENTERLINE. ACCORDING TO PILOT, THE WINDS FELT MORE LIKE GUSTING TO 35 KTS, PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND RIGHT BRAKE ON LANDING TO NO AVAIL, PILOT WAS ROLLING TOWARD THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AT ABOUT A 45-DEGREE ANGLE AND NOTHING WOULD STOP HIM EXITING THE RWY. PILOT WAS ABLE TO ADD LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKE TO AVOID HITTING A RWY LIGHT, BUT WENT DOWN INTO A SHALLOW DITCH. PILOT TRIED TO GROUND LOOP TO THE LEFT TO AVOID A PROP STRIKE BUT THE SOFT GRAVEL CAUSED THE PILOT TO TIP THE NOSE TO THE GROUND. AS THE PILOT FELT THE SENSATION OF NOSING OVER, PILOT CUT THE MAGNETO SWITCH SO AS NOT TO BE UNDER POWER. PROP DID STRIKE THE GROUND, BUT WAS NOT UNDER POWER AT THE TIME. PROPELLER SHOWED SOME STONE SCRAPPING, BUT NO INERTIAL DAMAGE. BENT UP THE AIR-BREATHER BOX AND SCRAPED THE NOSE COWL.

## Other reports on N49368 (1)

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

- [Accident 19910516016239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910516016239A), May 16, 1991: Tcraft BC12D (N49368), Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage. Bounced,added power and settled to runway. Lost control,left the runway and struck a fence. First solo in type.

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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