20201230017459A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Taylorcraft BC12-D · Topping, VA · December 30, 2020

Date
December 30, 2020 · 12:00 local
Place
Topping, VA
Airport
Hummel Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N96540
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA21LA096
Reported as
Taylorcraft BC12-D
Reported engine
Continental A75-8
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
9,970 total2,554 in this make and model39 in the last 90 days

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.

Airman made landing in grassy area parallel to W75 runway 01. Lost control and veered left onto runway upsetting the aircraft onto its nose and skidding to the left side of the runway where it flipped onto its back.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN MADE LANDING IN GRASSY AREA PARALLEL TO W75 RUNWAY 01. LOST CONTROL AND VEERED LEFT ONTO RUNWAY UPSETTING THE AIRCRAFT ONTO ITS NOSE AND SKIDDING TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE IT FLIPPED ONTO ITS BACK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.