- Date
- November 27, 1991, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Decorah, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N44061Taylorcraft BC12D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911127057649A
- Case key
- 15364
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for wind conditions, which resulted in a loss of directional control. Factors related to the accident were: the unfavorable wind conditions, snow covered runway, and snowbanks adjacent to the runway.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The private pilot said that while attempting to takeoff from a snow covered private strip, he lost directional control due to a sudden wind shift. The aircraft veered into an adjacent snowbank and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44061
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9861
- Airframe hours
- 1,995
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dale A. Hgenson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 6, 1990 · 105 hours before
- Destination
- DEH
- Airport
- UNK · Private, runway 35, 1,000 × 60 ft, grass/turf
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 360 total · 220 in this make and model · 92 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.