# NTSB ATL83LA146: Taylorcraft BC-65, N29611, Mountain City, TN, March 23, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 23, 1983, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Mountain City, TN
- Coordinates: 36.470745, -81.799392 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4707&lon=-81.7994&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6038
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA146
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6038/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA146

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29611-2014-12-08), registration cancelled 2014-12-08, S/N 2453, built 1940 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC-65
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc-65) (registry code 8850306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2453
- Airframe hours: 1500
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830323009999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830323009999A), Mar 23, 1983: Tcraft BC65, Mountain City, TN, Substantial damage. Lost control and ground looped landing in gusty wind. Left the runway and struck a fence.

## Other investigations on N29611 (1)

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.

- [NTSB ERA14CA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA239), May 13, 2014: Taylorcraft BC 65 (N29611), Summerville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of an inadequate altitude during low level maneuvering, which resulted in an in-flight collision with trees.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.