# NTSB ATL91LA092: Taylorcraft BC12D, N95170, Statesboro, GA, May 11, 1991 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 11, 1991, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC) - Place: Statesboro, GA - Coordinates: 32.440879, -81.770645 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4409&lon=-81.7706&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 3, 1993 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 8403 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL91LA092 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/8403/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91LA092 ## Probable cause (aircraft 2) FAILURE OF BOTH PILOTS TO PERFORM A VISUAL LOOKOUT SUFFICIENTLY ADEQUATE TO AVOID A COLLISION AT AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: FAILURE OF THE PILOT OF N95170 TO COMMUNICATE ON THE COMMON TRAFFIC ADVISORY FREQUENCY (CTAF) AND TO PROVIDE INBOUND TRAFFIC ADVISORIES. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - communications - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor) - traffic advisory - not obtained, pilot in command (contributing factor) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause) - object - aircraft moving on ground - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - communications - not performed, pilot of other aircraft (contributing factor) - traffic advisory - not obtained, pilot of other aircraft (contributing factor) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause) - object - aircraft moving on ground ## Analysis (aircraft 2) TAYLORCRAFT BC12D, N95170, ENTERED A STANDARD TFC PATTERN FOR RWY 14 AT ABT THE SAME TIME CESSNA 150, N21920, WAS MNVRD FOR A STRAIGHT-IN LANDING ON RWY 5. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE 2 ACFT CONVERGED & COLLIDED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE 2 RWYS. THE TAYLORCRAFT PLT SAID HE DID NOT SEE THE CESSNA BEFORE IMPACT. THE CESSNA PLT OBTAINED AN ARPT ADZY (FM UNICOM) & WAS ADZD OF WORK ON THE END OF RWY 14. HE SAID HE WAS TOLD THAT RWY 5 WAS THE ACTIVE RWY & THAT THERE WAS NO OTHER REPORTED TRAFFIC IN THE AREA. ALSO, THE CESSNA PLT SAID THAT HE MADE AN ADZY CALL ON A 2 MI FINAL FOR RWY 5, THEN ANOTHER ADZY CALL ON SHORT FINAL APCH, BUT DID NOT HEAR ANY ADZY CALLS FROM THE TAYLORCRAFT. THE CESSNA PLT SAW THE TAYLORCRAFT JUST BFR IMPACT & ATMTD TO AVOID A COLLISION BY INITIATING A GO-AROUND. HOWEVER, THE CESSNA DID NOT GAIN ENOUGH ALT & IT STRUCK THE TAYLORCRAFT. THE AIM STATED THAT STANDARD TFC PATTERN ENTRY AT UNCTLD ARPTS WAS FM A 45 DEG ENTRY TO THE DOWNWIND LEG. AIM ALSO RCMDD INBND TFC ADZYS BE MADE 10 MI OUT & ENTERING DOWNWIND, BASE & FINAL APCH. ## Aircraft 1 - Registration: [N95170](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95170-2013-09-17), registration cancelled 2013-09-17, S/N 9570, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12D - 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: 9570 - Engines: CONTINENTAL A-65-8 65 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Blalock, Zachery C. - Registered owner: Blalock, Zachery C. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 2, 2000 - Departed: 56J, SYLVANIA, GA - Airport: TBR, Statesboro Municipal, runway 14, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Aircraft 2 - Registration: [N21920](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21920-2016-06-20), registration cancelled 2016-06-20, S/N 15074537, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 150C - Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15074537 - Airframe hours: 4525 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Maierhoffer, Henry F. Jr. - Registered owner: Maierhoffer, Henry F. Jr. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 1990, 14 hours before - Departed: 56J, SYLVANIA, GA - Airport: TBR, Statesboro Municipal, runway 5, 4,382 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot, aircraft N95170; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 454 total, 126 in this make and model, 411 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours - Pilot, aircraft N21920; age 22; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 238 total, 180 in this make and model, 150 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 360° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 72 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: SAV, 35 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (2) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19910511015312A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910511015312A), May 11, 1991: Tcraft BC12D, Statesboro, GA, Substantial damage. While crossing runway intersection on landing roll empannage was struck by N2190 that came straight in other runway - [Accident 19910511015311A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910511015311A), May 11, 1991: Cessna 150C, Statesboro, GA, Substantial damage. Made straight in approach. Collided on rollout with N95170 that was landing on a crossing runway. Did not see traffic 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.