# Accident 20250809013629A: Taylorcraft BC12-D, Ozark, AR, August 9, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2025, 10:35 local time
- Place: Ozark, AR
- Airport: Byrd'S Backcountry Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6802° N, 93.7241° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6802&lon=-93.7241&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95356, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95356) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft BC12-D (registry code 8850316, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (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-D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 2,713 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA312) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250809013629A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 9, 2025, THE AIRMAN INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT WAS CONDUCTING AN APPROACH TO THE GRASS LANDING STRIP AT BYRD’S BACKCOUNTRY AIRSTRIP IN OZARK, AR. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND CALM WINDS PREVAILED DURING THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRMAN WAS FLYING THE 2ND OF 3 AIRCRAFT THAT WERE FLYING TO REPOSITION FROM THE WESTERN GRASS LANDING STRIP TO THE EASTERN GRASS LANDING STRIP. WHILE TURNING RIGHT BASE TO SET UP FOR THE APPROACH TO THE EASTERN GRASS STRIP, THE AIRMAN WAS WATCHING THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HIM TO MAINTAIN SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TWO AIRCRAFT. THE AIRMAN BECAME FIXATED ON THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HIM. SHORTLY AFTER, THE AIRCRAFT’S RIGHT WING IMPACTED TREES NEAR THE APPROACH END OF THE GRASS STRIP. DURING THE CRASH SEQUENCE, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE TREES AND CAME TO REST ON ITS RIGHT SIDE, FACING 180 DEGREES OPPOSITE THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL, WITH THE RIGHT WING SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE.

## 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 CEN25LA312](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA312), Aug 9, 2025: Taylorcraft BC12 (N95356), Ozark, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a tree which resulted in the right wing impacting the tree and a subsequent collision with trees and terrain. Contributing to the accident was the…

## Other reports on N95356 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20170907017689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170907017689A), Sep 7, 2017: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N95356), Redgranite, WI, Substantial damage. On September 7, 2017, at 1750 CST the pilot of a Taylorcraft BC12-D, N95356 attempted a landing on a private grass strip near Redgranite WI. The aircraft…

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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