# NTSB ANC90FA088: Taylorcraft BC-12D, N43949, Fairbanks, AK, June 12, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 11, 1990, 16:20 local (Jun 12, 1990, 00:20 UTC)
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Coordinates: 64.810691, -147.720397 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8107&lon=-147.7204&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 28, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5296
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC90FA088
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5296/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90FA088

## Probable cause

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE FLYING SPEED.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - touch-and-go - performed, pilot in command
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43949-1993-03-25), registration cancelled 1993-03-25, S/N 7608 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC-12D
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC12-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (registry code 8850316) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7608
- Airframe hours: 3146
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900612019899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900612019899A), Jun 12, 1990: Tcraft BC12D, Fairbanks, AK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Slow on climbout from touch and go. Stalled crashed and burned.

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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