# NTSB ATL88LA250: Taylorcraft BC12-D, N96522, Surf City, NC, September 13, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 13, 1988, 18:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place: Surf City, NC
- Coordinates: 34.489284, -77.550239 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4893&lon=-77.5502&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 7, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7812
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88LA250
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7812/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA250

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

A LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED AT A PRIVATE TURF STRIP IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS. AT LEVEL OFF FOR A 3-POINT LANDING ON RWY 24, THE RIGHT WING WAS LIFTED SHARPLY BY A WIND GUST. RIGHT AILERON AND RUDDER WERE APPLIED AND POWER WAS ADDED TO GO-AROUND. AS THE AIRPLANE LEVELED OFF TO CLIMB AWAY THE LEFT WING STRUCK ONE OF THE TREES WHICH LINED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. THE PILOT HAD ALLOWED THE AIRPLANE TO DRIFT INTO THE TREES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY DUE TO A RIGHT QUARTERING HEADWIND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N96522](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96522-2018-03-08), registration cancelled 2018-03-08, S/N 8822, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D
- 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: 8822
- Airframe hours: 667
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A-65-8 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Paul H. Schaber
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 11, 1988, 17 hours before
- Departed: NC95, HOLLY RIDGE, NC
- Airport: 5NC4, North Topsail Island, runway 24, 2,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 127 total, 37 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 19 °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 19880913041769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880913041769A), Sep 13, 1988: Tcraft BC12D, Surf City, NC, Substantial damage. Wind gust upset on landing went around ans struck trees. Allowed the aircraft to drift in strong gusty crosswind.

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.

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