# NTSB CEN09CA436: Taylorcraft BC-D, N96660, Joplin, MO, July 14, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 13, 2009, 20:40 local (Jul 14, 2009, 02:40 UTC)
- Place: Joplin, MO
- Coordinates: 37.151668, -94.498054
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1517&lon=-94.4981&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 2009
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA-Kansas City FSDOq
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74269
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09CA436
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74269/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74269
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA436

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that he made a normal wheel landing in the tailwheel equipped airplane. After the tailwheel settled onto the runway, the airplane veered to the right and hit a runway light when it departed the runway. The airplane rolled into some soft, muddy terrain and it nosed over.

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported that he made a normal wheel landing in the tail wheel equipped airplane. After the tail wheel settled onto the runway, the airplane veered to the right and hit a runway light when it departed the runway. The airplane encountered some soft, muddy terrain and it nosed over.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N96660 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC-D
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 8960
- Engines: Continental H-65-8 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Michael Warman
- Registered owner: Michael Warman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Departed: LLN, Joplin, MO
- Destination: LLN, Joplin, MO
- Airport: LLN, Joplin Airport, runway 18

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: sport pilot; flight hours: 3,024 total, 380 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20090713011679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090713011679A), Jul 13, 2009: Tcraft BC12D, Joplin, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) Taylorcraft N96660 was cleared to land on runway 18 at jln. The traffic controller observed the Taylorcraft making a very slow and low approach to runway…

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 5, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74269. 1.2 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40316897&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF

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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