- Date
- May 3, 1984, 10:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N95120Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840503016029A
- Case key
- 4284
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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 plt was repositioning the acft from a private strip near palmer, AK, to his property near Talkeetna, AK. After stopping at the Talkeetna arpt, he was hand propping the acft when the eng started & the acft began moving. The plt tried to turn off the mags, but could not open the door while holding onto the wing. Subsequently, the acft collided with 2 other acft, then nosed over. Both of the other acft (a Taylorcraft, N40558, & a Piper PA-18, N160HP) were substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95120
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9520
- Airframe hours
- 2,931
- Engine
- Continental C-90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stephen Gregg Hanson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 28, 1979 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- TKA
- Airport
- Talkeetna Airport
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Flight hours
- 90 total · 29 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft unknown
- Temperature
- -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.