# Incident 20190612008869I: Taylorcraft BC12-D, June 12, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2019, 09:30 local time
- Airport: Chonchas Lake Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N96116, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96116-2020-12-18) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,556 total, 30 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190612008869I

## Narrative

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

ON 12 JUNE 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1545Z, A TAYLORCRAFT BC-12D, N96116, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ GROUNDLOOPED WHILE ATTEMPTING AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE DESERT BETWEEN THE CONCHAS LAKE AIRPORT, E89, AND THE CLOVIS, NM AIRPORT, KCVN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND SINGLE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE CONCHAS LAKE AIRPORT, E89, ON JUNE 12, 2019 AT 1515Z.

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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