# NTSB ANC92LA121: Taylorcraft BCS12-D, N96368, Sitka, AK, August 8, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 8, 1992, 14:28 local (22:28 UTC)
- Place: Sitka, AK
- Coordinates: 56.729488, -134.999298 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.7295&lon=-134.9993&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5768
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC92LA121
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5768/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA121

## Probable cause

THE PILOTS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE CROSSWIND AND THE LARGE BOULDERS (OBJECTS) BESIDE THE RUNWAY.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - from landing
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - object - other (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING THE POST LANDING TAXI THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED AN APPROXIMATE 8 TO 10 KNOT CROSSWIND.  THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH SOME LARGE BOULDERS BESIDE THE RUNWAY.  WHEN ABOUT 5 MILES OUT FOR LANDING, THE PILOT HAD BEEN ADVISED BY THE FSS OF THE CROSSWIND CONDITION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N96368](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96368-2018-02-12), registration cancelled 2018-02-12, S/N 8668, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BCS12-D
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BCS12-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bcs12-d) (registry code 8850318) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 8668
- Airframe hours: 2788
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-85-12F 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Florian Sever
- Registered owner: Florian Sever
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 15, 1991, 36 hours before
- Departed: SIT
- Destination: SIT
- Airport: SIT, Sitka, runway 29, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 445 total, 405 in this make and model, 420 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SIT, 1 nm away

## 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 19920808029939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920808029939A), Aug 8, 1992: Tcraft BCS12D, Sitka, AK, Substantial damage. Allowed aircraft to weathervane into crosswind on landing. Ran off runway into large rocks.

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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