# NTSB ANC22LA032: Taylorcraft BC12-D, N64518, Wasilla, AK, April 20, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: April 20, 2022, 10:00 local (18:00 UTC) - Place: Wasilla, AK - Coordinates: 61.616632, -149.67087 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6166&lon=-149.6709&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 104996 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC22LA032 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104996/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104996 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22LA032 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glidepath while on final approach to landing which resulted in an impact with a snow berm and a nose over. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot ## Analysis The pilot reported that, while on final approach for landing, the airplane descended below his intended glidepath. Subsequently, the main landing gear impacted a snow berm at the approach end of the runway, and the airplane nosed over sustaining substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event) ## Aircraft - Registration: [N64518](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N64518), registered now, S/N 6913, 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 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 6913 - Year built: 1946 - Airframe hours: 1486 - Engines: CONT MOTOR O-200 SERIES 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 17, 2022, 5.6 hours before - Departed: t66, Wasilla, AK - Destination: 6AK8, wasilla, AK - Airport: 6ak8, Tulakes Airport, runway 18/36, 2,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf - Equipment: Handheld GPS ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 61; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review March 2, 2022; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 415 total, 330 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 70° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 10 °F - Altimeter: 29.87 inHg - Observed at: PAWS, 5 nm away - METAR: PAWS 201856Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM CLR 04/M12 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP119 T00391122 ## 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 20220420005619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220420005619A), Apr 20, 2022: Taylorcraft BC12-D, Wasilla, AK, Substantial damage. 4/20/2022 PIC made determination to move aircraft N64518 from visnaw lake (T66) to his home airport at tulakes (6AK8) due to deteriorating ice conditions.… ## Other investigations on N64518 (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 ANC14CA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA027), May 4, 2014: Taylorcraft BC12 D (N64518), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation, which resulted in a turbulence encounter at low altitude and collision with trees. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of knowledge of local… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 21, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104996. 4.5 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 4.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14199907&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_1%20ANC22LA032_Redacted-Rel-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 374 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14132274&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array%20ANC22LA032-Rel.pdf 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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