# Incident 20170213007299I: Taylorcraft BC12-D, Cedar Rapids, IA, February 13, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2017, 15:05 local time
- Place: Cedar Rapids, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0083° N, 91.6441° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedar Rapids, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0083&lon=-91.6441&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96310, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96310) (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: 736 total, 56 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170213007299I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT IN TOUCH AND GO PATTERN ON RUNWAY 27.  PILOT SAID HE WAS PRACTICING CROSSWIND LANDINGS.  ATC REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO LAND HARD AND BOUNCE A FEW TIMES THEN NOSED OVER ONTO THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT REMAINED NOSE DOWN ON RUNWAY AS PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.  AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED OFF THE RUNWAY BY ARFF PERSONNEL THEN TUGGED TO HANGAR.

PILOT REPORTED THAT A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT HIS TAIL AND TURNED THE PLANE TOWARD THE EDGE OF RUNWAY POINTING HIM DIRECTLY AT A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO STOP BEFORE AIRCRAFT CAME IN CONTACT WITH LIGHT AND APPLIED TOO MUCH BRAKE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO END UP OVER ON ITS NOSE WITH PROP STRIKING THE RUNWAY SURFACE.

WINDS WERE REPORTED TO BE 230 AT 15KTS AT TIME OF INCIDENT, PREVIOUS METAR(APPROX 13 MN PRIOR TO INCIDENT) REPORTED WINDS AT 230 AT 17 GUSTING TO 20 KTS.

## Other reports on N96310 (1)

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

- [Incident 20190714011759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190714011759I), Jul 14, 2019: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N96310), Cedar Rapids, IA, No damage. Pilot requested to land at Cedar Rapids (cid) due to loss of control with his turns. He was able to make runway 27, land and taxi back to his hangar safely.

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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