- Date
- February 8, 2014, 10:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Hartford, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N43955Taylorcraft BC12 D
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 2014
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- FAA report
- 20140208000929A
- Case key
- 88778
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and failure to inspect the runway before departure.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he was departing to the north from a snow covered grass runway in a ski-equipped tail-wheel airplane. A plowed asphalt runway intersected the snow covered runway, and snowbanks were located on the north and south side of the plowed runway. The pilot reported that during takeoff, the airplane impacted the snowbank on the south side of the asphalt runway and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, and empennage. The pilot reported that there was no malfunction or system failure of the airplane before the accident.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he was departing to the north from a snow covered grass runway in a ski-equipped tail-wheel airplane. A plowed asphalt runway intersected the snow covered runway, and snowbanks were located on the north and south side of the plowed runway. The pilot reported that during takeoff, the airplane impacted the snowbank on the south side of the asphalt runway and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, and empennage. The pilot reported that there was no malfunction or system failure of the airplane before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43955
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12 D (D)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7614
- Built
- 1946
- Airframe hours
- 2,157
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hoagland Carri Eve
- Registered owner
- Hoagland Carri Eve
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 23, 2013
- Departed
- HFX · Hartford, WI
- Destination
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Airport
- HFX · Hartford Municipal, runway 36, 2,259 × 215 ft, asphalt
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
- 70
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 22, 2012
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 990 total · 950 in this make and model · 64 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Temperature
- 10 °F
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 2, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.