# NTSB CEN14CA132: Taylorcraft BC12 D, N43955, Hartford, WI, February 8, 2014 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: February 8, 2014, 10:10 local (16:10 UTC) - Place: Hartford, WI - Coordinates: 43.349166, -88.391387 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3492&lon=-88.3914&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 23, 2014 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - NTSB case key (mKey): 88778 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14CA132 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88778/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88778 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA132 ## Probable cause The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and failure to inspect the runway before departure. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Planning/preparation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061000): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Taylorcraft BC12-D, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061000/cases.md?model=8850316), [All aircraft, 113 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061000/cases.md) - [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface: snow/slush/ice covered surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Awareness of condition (probable cause); cases with it: [Taylorcraft BC12-D, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015/cases.md?model=8850316), [All aircraft, 219 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023015/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: snow/ice](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022060): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Taylorcraft BC12-D, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022060/cases.md?model=8850316), [All aircraft, 67 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022060/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Taylorcraft BC12-D, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=8850316), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) - [Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Taylorcraft BC12-D, 21 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=8850316), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) - [Takeoff: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Taylorcraft BC12-D, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=8850316), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43955), registered now, S/N 7614, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12 D (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: 7614 - Year built: 1946 - Airframe hours: 2157 - 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 70; injuries: none; 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 ## 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 20140208000929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140208000929A), Feb 8, 2014: Taylorcraft BC12-D, Hartford, WI, Substantial damage. On Saturday February 8, 2014 at Hartford, WI pilot departed runway 36. The Taylorcraft fitted with skis was departing from a non-paved portion of the runway.… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 2, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88778. 4.0 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40410927&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Record of Conversation - Pilot (item 2, .PDF, 89 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40410928&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20-%20Pilot-Master.PDF - Photo 1. View of Wreckage and Snowbank (item 3, .PDF, 105 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40410929&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201.%20View%20of%20Wreckage%20and%20Snowbank-Master.PDF - Photo 2. View of Skis (item 4, .PDF, 114 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40410930&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%202.%20View%20of%20Skis-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. --- 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.