20250518014869A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Taylorcraft BC12-D1 · Willow, AK · May 18, 2025

Date
May 18, 2025 · 15:00 local
Place
Willow, AK
Airport
Willow
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N44473
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC25LA039
Reported as
Taylorcraft BC12-D1
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
465 total340 in this make and model27 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.

The pilot attempted a landing on a sandbar, bounced on initial contact, and after making contact a second time, the airplane flipped end over end, landing upside down facing the opposite direction.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING ON A SANDBAR, BOUNCED ON INITIAL CONTACT, AND AFTER MAKING CONTACT A SECOND TIME, THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED END OVER END, LANDING UPSIDE DOWN FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

NTSB investigation

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