# NTSB ANC84LA060: Taylorcraft BC12-D, N95120, Talkeetna, AK, May 3, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 3, 1984, 10:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Coordinates: 62.450695, -149.790908 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.4507&lon=-149.7909&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4284
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC84LA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4284/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA060

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, standing - starting engine(s)
  - proper assistance - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, other
  - object - aircraft parked/standing
- Nose over, other

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95120), registered now, S/N 9520 (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 A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 9520
- Airframe hours: 2931
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840503016029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840503016029A), May 3, 1984: Tcraft BC12D, Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted hand propping aircraft by himself. Engine started and crashed into other parked airplanes.

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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