# Incident 20141221021349I: Taylorcraft BC12-D, Sparta, TN, December 21, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2014, 15:00 local time
- Place: Sparta, TN
- Airport: Upper Cumberland Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0567° N, 85.5301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at UPPER CUMBERLAND RGNL (SRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0567&lon=-85.5301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5196M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5196M) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 410 total, 60 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141221021349I

## Narrative

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

PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THIS AIRCRAFT WAS CONCLUDING A PERSONAL PLEASURE FLIGHT AND WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 22 AT SRB.  NEITHER THE PILOT OR THE PILOTS WIFE, WHO WAS THE SOLE PASSENGER, RECEIVED ANY INJURES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT (SRB) UPPER CUMBERLAND REGIONAL AIRPORT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IS BASED.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST CONTROL ON LANDING DUE TO CROSS WIND.  HE TOUCHED THE BRAKE IN ORDER TO CORRECT FOR THE WIND AND NOSED OVER.

THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER WAS DESTROYED AND NOSE COWL WAS SLIGHTLY SKINNED.  THE RIGHT WING TIP HAD SMALL DENT ON LEADING EDGE.  NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED.

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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