- Date
- April 15, 2001, 16:30 local (Apr 16, 2001, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N43143Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA-AL-ANC FSDO 03
- FAA report
- 20010415039789A
- Case key
- 53204
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Probable cause
The instructor pilot's lack of adequate supervision of the training flight, and subsequent loss of directional control during the landing roll out. Factors on the accident were the lack of brake pedals installed on the right pilot position of the airplane, and the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airline transport certificated pilot/certified flight instructor was conducting touch and go landings with a student pilot in a tailwheel-equipped airplane. The instructor pilot was seated in the right seat. The instructor said the airplane does not have any main gear brake pedals installed at the right seat position. During the landing roll, the airplane veered to the left, and departed the left side of the runway. The left main landing gear collided with a snow bank. A postaccident inspection revealed that the airplane required replacement of a portion of airframe longeron, about 6 inches aft of the left main gear attach point.
Factual narrative
On April 15, 2001, about 1630 Alaska daylight time, a wheel-equipped Taylorcraft BC12-D airplane, N43143, sustained substantial damage during a landing at the Talkeetna Airport, Talkeetna, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) local area instructional flight when the accident occurred. The airplane was operated by the student pilot/co-owner. The airline transport certificated pilot/certified flight instructor, and the student pilot, were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at the Talkeetna Airport about 1530.
During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC), on May 10, 2001, the flight instructor reported that he was conducting touch and go landings with the student to runway 18 at Talkeetna. During the landing roll, the airplane veered to the left, and departed the left side of the runway. The left main landing gear collided with a snow bank. The instructor said the airplane does not have any main gear brake pedals installed at the right seat position of the airplane. At the time of the conversation, the instructor said he did not know the extent of damage to the airplane. He said the accident occurred on May 1, 2001.
On June 26, 2001, the flight instructor telephoned the NTSB office to report that the airplane had been inspected by a mechanic. The inspection revealed that the airplane required replacement of a portion of airframe longeron, about 6 inches aft of the left main gear attach point. The instructor indicated that the accident occurred on April 15th.
The flight instructor submitted an NTSB Pilot/Operator report (NTSB Form 6120.1/2) on July 20th. On that form, the date of the accident was listed as April 9, 2001. A few days later, the flight instructor telephoned the NTSB IIC and requested that the Pilot/Operator report be returned to him, stating it was only a draft. On August 2, 2001, a new Pilot/Operator report was received from the flight instructor, and the date of the accident was listed as May 8, 2001.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43143
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6802
- Engine
- Continental C65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald R. Lee
- Registered owner
- Wayne L. Mushrush
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- PATK · Talkeetna, AK
- Destination
- Talkeetna, AK
- Airport
- PATK · Talkeetna, runway 18, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- March 1, 2001
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 11,250 total · 150 in this make and model · 10,900 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 39
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 4 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.