- Date
- December 23, 2005, 12:37 local (19:37 UTC)
- Place
- Los Lunas, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N96924Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20051223029719A
- Case key
- 62991
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop.
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
During the landing, the pilot experienced a "little" crosswind. The airplane veered to the right and the pilot stated that he overcorrected. Subsequently, the airplane ground looped and came to rest off the runway in a ditch.
Factual narrative
During the landing, the pilot experienced a "little" crosswind. The airplane veered to the right and the pilot stated he overcorrected. Subsequently, the airplane ground looped and came to rest off the runway in a ditch. Examination of the airplane revealed minor damage. The pilot was not injured, and the passenger sustained serious injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96924
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9224
- Engine
- Continental C-65, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bruce M. Thomson
- Registered owner
- Robert D. Waters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- E98 · Los Lunas, NM
- Airport
- E98 · Mid Valley Airport, runway 36
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 50 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.