- Date
- May 2, 1988, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Canfield, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5061MTaylorcraft BC12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880502012659A
- Case key
- 7752
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt reported that the he elected to go-around after realizing he was going to land long. A gust of wind lifted up the left wing as he initiated the go-around, and he lost control of the airplane. It subsequently impacted the terrain on the right side of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5061M
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10361
- Airframe hours
- 1,800
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Frank Lang
- Registered owner
- Lang, Frank
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 24, 1987 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Lang, runway 36, 1,350 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 110 total · 100 in this make and model · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK, 15 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.