# NTSB CHI88LA126: Taylorcraft BC12-D, N95061, Aledo, IL, June 4, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 4, 1988, 12:43 local (17:43 UTC)
- Place: Aledo, IL
- Coordinates: 41.189739, -90.740394 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1897&lon=-90.7404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 29, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14087
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA126
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14087/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA126

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lift-off - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper climb rate - not possible
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, descent
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95061-2013-05-23), registration cancelled 2013-05-23, S/N 9461, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12-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: 9461
- Airframe hours: 1660
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880604018259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880604018259A), Jun 4, 1988: Tcraft BC12D, Aledo, IL, Destroyed. Lost directional control on takeoff. Pulled aircraft into air, turned to avoid hangar, struck wires and the ground.

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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