- Date
- March 23, 1983, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mountain City, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N29611Taylorcraft BC-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830323009999A
- Case key
- 6038
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with a fence during landing after groundlooping. The pilot stated that during roll-out he experienced a gust of wind on the acft right side. An effort was made by the pilot to control the acft but it left the runway in spite of his efforts and collided with a fence. The wind was from 240 degrees at 8 KTS gusting to 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29611
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2453
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Watauga Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 8, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 0A9 · Tricity, TN
- Airport
- 6A4 · Johnson County, runway 24, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 77 total · 4 in this make and model · 37 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 24° at 8 knots, gusting 15
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 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.
Other investigations on N29611 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.