# Incident 20181022020519I: Taylorcraft BC12-D, Reading, PA, October 22, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2018, 12:30 local time
- Place: Reading, PA
- Airport: Reading Regional/Carl A Spaatz Fie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3785° N, 75.9652° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at READING RGNL/CARL A SPAATZ FLD (RDG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3785&lon=-75.9652&mi=10
- Aircraft: N462TC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N462TC) (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: 5,742 total, 17 in this make and model, 107 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181022020519I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT WITH A 90 DEGREE CROSS WIND. WHEN AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SLOW, PILOT SEEMED TO LOSE RUDDER AUTHORITY AND AIRCRAFT WEATHER VANED INTO THE WIND CAUSING RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG TO FOLD UNDER AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N462TC (1)

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

- [Incident 20210625008189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210625008189I), Jun 25, 2021: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N462TC), Reading, PA, No damage. N462TC after landing on runway 31 aircraft veered left partly into the grass. Pilot manuevered aircraft back onto runway and taxied to the ramp. No damage to…

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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