# NTSB ANC07CA025: Taylorcraft BC12-D, N44233, Hope, AK, March 3, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: March 3, 2007, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Hope, AK
- Coordinates: 60.906112, -149.616668
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.9061&lon=-149.6167&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 27, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 65681
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC07CA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65681/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07CA025

## Probable cause

The pilot's selection of an unsuitable taxi area, which resulted in a loss of control during the taxi from landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - from landing
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - downhill
  - terrain condition - snow covered

## Analysis

The private pilot was conducting a Title 14, CFR Part 91 cross-country personal flight in a ski-equipped airplane with one passenger.  In an e-mail statement addressed to a Federal Aviation Administration operations inspector, the accident pilot reported that after landing on a remote snow-covered site, while attempting to taxi the airplane to parking, he inadvertently allowed the airplane to slide sideways and downhill.  The airplane came to rest in a frozen creek bed, and sustained substantial damage to the left main wing spar.  The pilot did not report any preaccident mechanical anomalies in the e-mail.

## Factual narrative

The private pilot was conducting a Title 14, CFR Part 91 cross-country personal flight in a ski-equipped airplane with one passenger.  In an e-mail statement addressed to a Federal Aviation Administration operations inspector, the accident pilot reported that after landing on a remote snow-covered site, while attempting to taxi the airplane to parking, he inadvertently allowed the airplane to slide sideways and downhill.  The airplane came to rest in a frozen creek bed, and sustained substantial damage to the left main wing spar.  The pilot did not report any preaccident mechanical anomalies in the e-mail. Additionally, the accident pilot did not return a completed NTSB Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1/2), nor did he return any telephone calls that were initiated by the NTSB.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N44233](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44233-2018-02-14), registration cancelled 2018-02-14, S/N 10033, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC12-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (registry code 8850316) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 10033
- Engines: Continental A-65 75 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Raymond L. Follett
- Registered owner: John W. Follett
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: Anchorage, AK
- Destination: Hope, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 100 total, 10 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

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.

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