- Date
- July 23, 1998, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tyonek, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N96346Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19980723019339A
- Case key
- 43542
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing. A factor associated with the accident were willow trees near the airstrip.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The certificated private pilot was landing to the east on a remote airstrip. During landing rollout, the airplane veered to the left, and the left wing struck a stand of willow trees. The pilot stated that the airplane pivoted to the left, and the right main landing gear collapsed. The airplane's right wing struck the ground, and sustained substantial damage. The pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On July 23, 1998, about 1500 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Taylorcraft BC12-D airplane, N96346, sustained substantial damage during landing at a remote airstrip located about 29 miles northeast of Tyonek, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The solo private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated at the Willow Airport, Willow, Alaska, about 1415.
In his written statement to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the pilot reported that while landing to the east, during landing rollout, the airplane veered to the left, striking the left wing on a stand of willow trees. The pilot stated that the airplane pivoted to the left, and the right main landing gear collapsed. The airplane's right wing struck the ground, and sustained substantial damage.
The pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96346
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8646
- Airframe hours
- 2,743
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter A. Barela
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1998 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- UUO · Willow, AK
- Airport
- runway 9, 6,000 × 20 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 106 total · 38 in this make and model · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.