20141207020849A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Taylorcraft BL-65 · Everett, WA · December 7, 2014

Date
December 7, 2014 · 14:45 local
Place
Everett, WA
Airport
Paine Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N27580
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR15CA056
Reported as
Taylorcraft BL-65
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
337 total254 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

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.

On approach to runway 16L at pae, touch down ok, at about 30MPH started to tap brakes before tail wheel was on ground, aircraft turned, came off runway onto grass hitting runway light, moved across grass on to taxi way, attempt to regain rudder aurthority, hit first hanger with left wing, swung out right and then turned sharp left hitting another hanger with right wing, turned aircraft a little right, prop stuck hanger and bounced back coming to stop

As the FAA filed it

ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 16L AT PAE, TOUCH DOWN OK, AT ABOUT 30MPH STARTED TO TAP BRAKES BEFORE TAIL WHEEL WAS ON GROUND, AIRCRAFT TURNED, CAME OFF RUNWAY ONTO GRASS HITTING RUNWAY LIGHT, MOVED ACROSS GRASS ON TO TAXI WAY, ATTEMPT TO REGAIN RUDDER AURTHORITY, HIT FIRST HANGER WITH LEFT WING, SWUNG OUT RIGHT AND THEN TURNED SHARP LEFT HITTING ANOTHER HANGER WITH RIGHT WING, TURNED AIRCRAFT A LITTLE RIGHT, PROP STUCK HANGER AND BOUNCED BACK COMING TO STOP

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.