# Accident 20180521005699A: Taylorcraft BC12-D, Commerce, GA, May 21, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2018, 19:10 local time
- Place: Commerce, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1533° N, 83.3683° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1533&lon=-83.3683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94909, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94909-2020-10-31) (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-65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,265 total, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18FA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180521005699A

## Narrative

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

ON 21 MAY 2018 AT OR ABOUT 1910 EASTERN STANDARD TIME AIRCRAFT N94909 A 1946 TAYLORCRAFT BC-12D CRASH LANDED IN A SPARSELY WOODED AREA. THE AIRPLANE WAS ATTEMPTING A DEPARTURE TO THE WEST FROM A PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP IN A RURAL AREA OUTSIDE THE CITY OF COMMERCE, GEORGIA. N94909 STRUCK THE TOP OF A 30? TALL LOCUST TREE AT THE WESTERN END OF A PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP, AND THEN COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND AND OTHER SMALL VEGETATION. AT OR ABOUT 97 FEET FROM THE INITIAL POINT OF IMPACT THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE IN A NEAR VERTICAL POSITION. THE DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY THE AIRCRAFT WAS VIOLENT BUT CONTAINED IN A SMALL AREA AND THE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER WAS INDICATIVE TO LOSS OF POWER PRIOR TO IMPACT. THE AIRPLANE WING GROUP AND FUSELAGE WERE INTACT BUT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 ERA18FA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA149), May 21, 2018: Taylorcraft BC12 (N94909), Commerce, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to effectively mitigate an accumulation of carburetor ice, which resulted in an undetected partial loss of engine power and an aerodynamic stall during takeoff.

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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