# NTSB ANC99LA080: Taylorcraft BC-12D, N95064, North Pole, AK, June 24, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 23, 1999, 16:05 local (Jun 24, 1999, 00:05 UTC)
- Place: North Pole, AK
- Coordinates: 64.770179, -147.330764 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7702&lon=-147.3308&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 4, 2000
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 46652
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC99LA080
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/46652/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA080

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadvertent ground loop during a high speed taxi.  A factor associated with the accident is the pilot's decision to taxi the airplane at an excessive taxi speed.

## Analysis

The pilot reported he was flying from the right seat to become familiar with giving anticipated flight instruction from that side.  After landing, he made a high speed taxi, and lost directional control.  The airplane ground looped to the right, went off the runway, and struck trees.  The pilot said that the airplane did not have brake pedals installed on the right side of the cockpit.

## Factual narrative

On June 23, 1999, about 1605 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Taylorcraft  BC-12D airplane, N95064, sustained substantial damage during landing at the Lakloey airstrip, a private airstrip about 9 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) local area flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred.  The airplane was registered to the pilot. The certificated commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed.

During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC), on June 24, the pilot, who is also a flight instructor, reported that he was practicing touch and go landings from the right seat in preparation for student instruction. The pilot reported after landing on runway 06, he was doing a high speed taxi with the tail up. The pilot said he lost directional control and ground looped to the right 90 degrees. The airplane subsequently collided with trees about 10 feet south of the runway. The pilot noted that the airplane did not have brake pedals installed on the right side. The pilot stated that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing.

## 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
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - taxispeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - object - tree(s)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N95064](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95064), registered now, S/N 9464, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Taylorcraft BC-12D
- 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: 9464
- Airframe hours: 1792
- Engines: Continental A-65-8 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bradley J. Mc Cue
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 22, 1999, 2 hours before
- Airport: LL, Lakloey, runway 6, 4,000 × 60 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 1,273 total, 90 in this make and model, 1,020 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 64 °F

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