- Date
- June 4, 1988, 12:43 local (17:43 UTC)
- Place
- Aledo, IL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N95061Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880604018259A
- Case key
- 14087
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During takeoff roll the pilot reported he experienced a loss of directional control and elected to lift the aircraft off the ground prematurely in an effort to avoid running into a cornfield. Unable to establish the proper rate of climb, and unable to clear some telephone lines, the pilot attempted to dive under them. The left wing tip struck the lowest telephone wire, then the right wing tip struck the ground and the aircraft came to a rest in a cornfield.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95061
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9461
- Airframe hours
- 1,660
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stickle, Bill
- Registered owner
- Baggot, John P.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1988 · 19 hours before
- Airport
- COO · Mercer County, runway 35, 2,480 × 45 ft, gravel
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 190 total · 28 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLI, 16 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.