# Incident 20180904013129I: Taylorcraft BC12-D, Chesterfield, MO, September 4, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2018, 15:08 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, MO
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6631° N, 90.5771° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesterfield, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6631&lon=-90.5771&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96409, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96409) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D (registry code 8850316, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,400 total, 3 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180904013129I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ON A FLIGHT TO RECOVER AN AIRCRAFT FOR WINGS OF HOPE FROM 06TN AND TAKE IT TO KSUS. WHEN HE ARRIVED AT KSUS THE WINDS WERE 170 DEGREES AT 12 GUSTING TO 18. HE CHOSE TO TAKE THE WIDEST RUNWAY (26L). HE STATED THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. WHILE HE WAS WORKING THE RUDDERS ON ROLLOUT, HE INADVERTENTLY HIT THE LEFT HEEL BRAKE, NOT MUCH, BUT ENOUGH TO START THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT.  AT THE SAME TIME, HE WAS HIT WITH A STRONG GUST OF WIND, WHICH BEGAN TO WEATHERVANE THE AIRCRAFT. HE DECIDED TO EXIT THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS THEN RETURN TO THE RUNWAY INSTEAD OF TRYING TO RECOVER ON THE RUNWAY AND RISK A GROUND LOOP. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR THE AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N96409 (1)

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

- [Incident 19860920062719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860920062719I), Sep 20, 1986: Tcraft BC12D (N96409), Virginia, MN, Minor damage. Stalled aircraft during takeoff. Minor damage.

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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