# Accident 20170812013359A: Charles D Walker WALKER CURTISS JN4D, Bowling Green, KY, August 12, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2017, 11:00 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9669° N, 86.4192° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9669&lon=-86.4192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8262, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8262) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Charles D Walker WALKER CURTISS JN4D (registry code 05632UK, https://openairdocs.org/model/charles-d-walker-walker-curtiss-jn4d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GM ECO TEC 2.4L (registry code 30900, https://openairdocs.org/engine/gm-eco-tec-2-4l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHARLES D WALKER WALKER CURTISS JN4D
- Reported engine: GM ECO TEC 2.4L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA488](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA488) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170812013359A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 3AT BWG  INITIATED A LEFT TURN AND COULD NOT RECOVER, STRIKING TREES OUTSIDE OF AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE AND IMPACTING GROUND ALONGSIDE OF GOLF COURSE. PILOT STATED: " I TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 3 AT BOWLING GREEN. ENGINE WAS MAKING POWER AND RUNNING GOOD. I CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 100 FT AND INITIATED A LEFT TURN, AT THAT POINT DISPITE ANY CONTROL INPUTS AIRCRAFT KEPT TURNING LEFT AND DESENDING WHERE IT STRUCK TREES AND IMPACTED THE GROUND."  PILOT CONFIRMED ENGINE WAS PERFORMING PROPERLY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA17CA488](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA488), Aug 12, 2017: Charles D Walker Walker Curtiss JN4D (N8262), Bowling Green, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the biplane’s critical angle of attack during initial climb, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and collision with trees.

## Other reports on N8262 (1)

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

- [Accident 20230515010619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230515010619A), May 15, 2023: Charles D Walker WALKER CURTISS JN4D (N8262), Greenville, KY, Substantial damage. Aircraft had completed 3 1-hour flights on return from airshow at scott a.f.b. refueled aircraft at madisonville regional airport, KY (K2I0) and departed for…

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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