# Accident 20220924016449A: Taylorcraft BC12D-85, Clarence, NY, September 24, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2022, 12:50 local time
- Place: Clarence, NY
- Airport: Clarence Aerodrome
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0667° N, 78.6831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0667&lon=-78.6831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5619M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5619M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12D-85 (registry code 8850322, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12d-85) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12D-85
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,020 total, 825 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA430](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA430) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220924016449A

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 2022 THIS AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DEPARTED FROM WATKINS GLEN, NY TO THE CLARENCE AERODROME AIRPORT (D51). AT ABOUT 1245 LOCAL TIME WHILE ON FINAL APPROCH TO RUNWAY 28 THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST ABOUT TOUCHED DOWN WHEN WITNESSES HEARD THE ENGINE RPM INCREASE AND OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED NOSE UP. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO STAY IN A NOSE UP ATTITUDE WHEN IT VERRED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY OVER THE TREE TOPS WHEN THE LEFT WING DROPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE WOODED AREA SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED IN THE WOODS IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE PILOT WAS FOUND ALERT BUT TRAPPED IN THE WRECKAGE.  EMERGENCY REPONSE PERSONNEL ARRIVED AND EXTRACATED THE PILOT WHO WAS THEN AIR LIFTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. THE PILOT REMAINED HOSPITALIZED FOR 8 DAYS AND THEN WAS RELEASED TO HIS HOME.

## 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 ERA22LA430](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA430), Sep 24, 2022: Taylorcraft BC12 (N5619M), Buffalo, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during initial climb after a go-around, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and spin at low altitude.

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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