# Incident 20220611009769I: Taylorcraft BC12-D1, Oxford, ME, June 11, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2022, 14:00 local time
- Place: Oxford, ME
- Airport: Oxford County Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1574° N, 70.4813° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OXFORD COUNTY RGNL (81B), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1574&lon=-70.4813&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44124, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44124) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D1 (registry code 8850320, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d1) (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-D1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 528 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220611009769I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING IN CROSSWIND CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING IN A CROSSWIND. A WHEEL LANDING WAS MADE AND, DUE TO THE CROSSWIND, THE PILOT WAS HOLDING RIGHT RUDDER.

WHEN THE TAIL WHEEL CAME DOWN IT APPEARS ONE TAIL WHEEL STEERING SPRING DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND ALLOWED THE PLANE TO WEATHERCOCK TO THE LEFT AND DEPART THE RUNWAY.

HEEL BRAKES ON THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT ARE RELATIVELY WEAK AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO CORRECT THIS TURNING TENDENCY IN A TIMELY MANNER. THIS WAS LOW SPEED EVENT AND DAMAGE ONLY OCCURRED WHEN THE PLANE NOSED OVER IN THE MARSH.

AFTER THE TAILWHEEL TOUCHED THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, STRUCK A SMALL RUNWAY LIGHT, AND NOSED OVER IN A SOFT MARSHY AREA.

DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINIMAL AND RESTRICTED TO THE PROPELLOR AND NOSECAP.

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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