# NTSB ANC01LA068: Taylorcraft BC12D, N95274, Seward, AK, June 15, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 15, 2001, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC) - Place: Seward, AK - Coordinates: 60.126945, -149.418884 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.1269&lon=-149.4189&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 20, 2002 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: FAA-AL-ANC FSDO 03 - NTSB case key (mKey): 53199 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC01LA068 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53199/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA068 ## Probable cause The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions during taxi from landing. A factor in the accident was a crosswind. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water encounter with weather, taxi - from landing - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor) - Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - from landing - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing - object - tree(s) ## Analysis The private certificated pilot landed on runway 30 in a tailwheel-equipped airplane. The wind conditions were 297 degrees at 14 knots with gusts to 19 knots. When the pilot began a turn to taxi from landing, he reported that a quartering tailwind caused the airplane to ground loop off the east side of the runway, and the right main landing gear struck a tree stump. After the accident, the pilot examined the airplane and found two broken lower fuselage longerons, located between the tailwheel and the trailing edges of the wings. ## Factual narrative On June 15, 2001, about 1200 Alaska daylight time, a tundra tire-equipped Taylorcraft BC12D airplane, N95274, sustained substantial damage during landing at Seward, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) cross-country personal flight when the accident occurred. The airplane was operated by the pilot. The private certificated pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at the Kasilof airport, Kasilof, Alaska, about 1100. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC) was notified on June 15th, at 1353, that the accident airplane received damage upon landing at Seward. The Fire Chief of the City of Seward Fire Department reported that department personnel responded to the airport and discovered that the accident airplane had departed the east side of runway 30. The pilot of the airplane was not at the airplane. The Fire Chief said the airplane received damage to the right main landing gear, the right wing, and the fuselage area aft of the cockpit. During a telephone conversation with the NTSB IIC on June 18, 2001, at 1220, the pilot reported he landed on runway 30 at Seward, and was taxiing from landing. He said a quartering tailwind caused the airplane to ground loop off the east side of the runway, and the right main landing gear struck a tree stump. After the accident, the pilot examined the airplane and found two broken lower fuselage longerons, located between the tailwheel and the trailing edges of the wings. At 1153, an automated weather observation system (AWOS) at Seward was reporting, in part: Wind, 320 degrees (true) at 14 knots, gusts to 19 knots; visibility, 10 statute miles; clouds and sky condition, clear; temperature, 68 degrees F; dew point, 40 degrees F; altimeter, 30.17 inHg. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N95274](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95274-2013-05-23), registration cancelled 2013-05-23, S/N 9674, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Taylorcraft BC12D - Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC12-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (registry code 8850316) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 9674 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Brian D. Nolan - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 31, 1999 - Departed: 5KS, KASILOF, AK - Destination: PAWD, SEWARD, AK - Airport: PAWD, Seward, runway 30, 4,240 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 55; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review December 13, 1999; seat: left; flight hours: 1,100 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 297° at 14 knots, gusting 19 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 41 °F - Altimeter: 30.17 inHg - Observed at: PAWD ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20010615039619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010615039619A), Jun 15, 2001: Tcraft BC12D, Seward, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 15, 2001, N95274, a tundra-tire equipped Taylorcraft BC12 sustained substantial damage during taxi after landing, at Seward, Alaska. The pilot… From the NTSB's public API. 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