- Date
- June 11, 1990, 16:20 local (Jun 12, 1990, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N43949Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900612019899A
- Case key
- 5296
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain adequate flying speed.
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 pilot was on the initial climb of his third touch-and-go when the airplane pulled up and stalled and spun to the ground. Witnesses near the crash site stated that the airplane rocked its wings left and right just before spinning to the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43949
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7608
- Airframe hours
- 3,146
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Campbell
- Registered owner
- Robert Thoma
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 9, 1989 · 46 hours before
- Airport
- FAI · Fairbanks Int'L, runway 19, 3,980 × 75 ft, gravel
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
- 19
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 490 total · 71 in this make and model · 440 as pilot in command · 154 in the last 90 days · 112 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.