# NTSB ANC83FAG07: Taylorcraft BC-12-D, N43606, Aleknagik, AK, March 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 8, 1983, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Aleknagik, AK
- Coordinates: 59.240978, -158.62004 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.2410&lon=-158.6200&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4070
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC83FAG07
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4070/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83FAG07

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - ground loop/swerve - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT WAS GROUND LOOPED TO PREVENT AN OVERRUN AND COLLIDED WITH A SNOW BERM DURING LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THATHE FLOATED HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. WHEN HE TRIED TO TURN, THE ACFT WEATHERVANED INTO THE WIND AND STEERED HIM TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SNOW BERM. PILOT STATED HE SHOULD HAVE GONE AROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N43606](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43606), registered now, S/N 7265, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC-12-D
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC12-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (registry code 8850316) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BC-12-D
- Airframe hours: 2815
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A65-8 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Floyd R. Murphy
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 9, 1982, 0 hours before
- Departed: KEK, EKWOK, AK
- Airport: 235, Aleknagik, runway 19, 1,200 ×  ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 88 total, 18 in this make and model, 37 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 15 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility: 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 32 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: 235

## 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 19830308010729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830308010729A), Mar 8, 1983: Tcraft BC12D, Aleknagik, AK, Substantial damage. Landed long on downwind landing. Ground looped into a berm along side of runway trying to prevent going off end.

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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