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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Taylorcraft BC12-D · Pisgah Forest, NC · April 9, 2020

Date
April 9, 2020 · 10:32 local
Place
Pisgah Forest, NC
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N96162
Reported as
Taylorcraft BC12-D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot returned to airport for landing after noticing the wind were picking up. Upon landing he encountered a gust picking up the right wing forcing the wheel to touch. The aircraft left the runway and struck tree saplings causing minor damage and no injuries.

Reference ptrs: EA68202002084

As the FAA filed it

PILOT RETURNED TO AIRPORT FOR LANDING AFTER NOTICING THE WIND WERE PICKING UP. UPON LANDING HE ENCOUNTERED A GUST PICKING UP THE RIGHT WING FORCING THE WHEEL TO TOUCH. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK TREE SAPLINGS CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.

REFERENCE PTRS: EA68202002084