# Accident 20191001013769A: Taylorcraft BC12-D, Longs, SC, October 1, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2019, 11:00 local time
- Place: Longs, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9297° N, 78.7356° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9297&lon=-78.7356&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95131, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95131-2019-12-30) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 40 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA20CA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191001013769A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED NEW LONDON AIRPORT (W90) IN ROUTE TO NORTH MYRTLE BEACH AIRPORT (KCRE). HE PLANNED TO USE 9.7 GALLONS OF GAS. PRIOR TO ARRIVING AT KCRE ALL 12 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD WERE EXHAUSTED. PILOT LANDED IN FIELD AND DID NOT STOP AIRCRAFT PRIOR CONTACTING TREES AT THE END OF FIELD. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS AND THE LANDING GEAR WERE THE RESULT. PILOT SUFFERED ONE SMALL SCRATCH TO FINGER THAT WAS BANDAGED AT THE SCENE.

UPON ARRIVAL AT THE SCENE THE NEXT MORNING I AND ONE OTHER INSPECTOR INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE LEFT WING HAD SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FROM CONTACT WITH TREES, TO INCLUDE THE SPAR BEING BROKEN. THE LEFT WING FUEL TANK APPEARED TO NOT BE IN A USEABLE CONDITION. THE SUPPLY LINE HAD SUBSTANTIAL CORROSION EVIDENT AND THE DRAIN VALVE HAD BEEN REMOVED AND THE OPENING HAD BEEN COVERED WITH GREEN PAINTERS TAPE. THE RIGHT WING TANK APPEARED TO HAVE NOT BEEN USED AND HAD SOME TYPE OF PRESERVATIVE COATING THE INSIDE. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE WING TANKS THE PILOT DID NOT REALIZE THEY WERE INSTALLED. THE NOSE TANK WAS THE ONLY FUEL TANK UTILIZED FOR THE FLIGHT ACCORDING TO THE PILOT. THE NOSE TANK SHOWED EVIDENCE OF FUEL USAGE AND THE FLOAT CORK SHOWED EVIDENCE OF RECENT FUEL USAGE, BUT NO FUEL REMAINED IN THE TANK. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL SPILLAGE ON THE GROUND, AIRFRAME OR WING STRUCTURE. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 GAA20CA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA001), Oct 1, 2019: Taylorcraft BC12 (N95131), Longs, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a total loss of engine power, an off-airport landing, and impact with trees.

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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