# NTSB CEN23LA070: Taylorcraft BF, N26625, Navasota, TX, December 26, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: December 26, 2022, 13:30, time zone not recorded - Place: Navasota, TX - Coordinates: 30.367139, -96.112944 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3671&lon=-96.1129&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: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration, Houston FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 106509 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN23LA070 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106509/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106509 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA070 ## Probable cause The student pilot failed to maintain directional control during landing. ## 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: [Taylorcraft BF, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=8850326), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/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: [Taylorcraft BF, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=8850326), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Taylorcraft BF, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=8850326), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Taylorcraft BF, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=8850326), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The flight instructor reported that during landing rollout on the instructional flight with a student pilot, the student pilot lost directional control of the airplane. They attempted to regain control, but the airplane departed the runway. The student pilot then applied the brakes and the airplane nosed over coming to rest inverted in the adjacent field. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and engine mount. The flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident failures of malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N26625](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26625), registered now, S/N 1967 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BF - Registry model: [Taylorcraft BF](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bf) (registry code 8850326) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Franklin 4AC199D&E series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-4ac199d-e-series) (registry code 27009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 1967 - Airframe hours: 2700 - Engines: Continental 65 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: 96000 Aircraft LLC - Registered owner: 96000 Aircraft LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 2022 - Departed: 89TA, Waller, TX - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: 60R, Navasota Municipal Airport, runway 17, 4,500 × 50 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Handheld GPS ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 79; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial, private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: sport pilot, without waivers/limitations; last flight review November 15, 2022; seat: right; flight hours: 5,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 5,300 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 47; injuries: none; medical: sport pilot, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 30 total, 4 in this make and model, 14 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 290° at 3 knots - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 46 °F - Observed at: 11R, 16 nm away ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 27, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106509. 2.8 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 12 pages, 2.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14965964&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20Combined%20Master_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photo log (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 142 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14966860&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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