# NTSB DEN06CA025: Taylorcraft BC12-D, N96924, Los Lunas, NM, December 23, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: December 23, 2005, 12:37 local (19:37 UTC)
- Place: Los Lunas, NM
- Coordinates: 34.759723, -106.745277
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7597&lon=-106.7453&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62991
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN06CA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62991/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA025

## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96924), registered now, S/N 9224, 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: 9224
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20051223029719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051223029719A), Dec 23, 2005: Tcraft BC12D, Los Lunas, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On December 23, 2005, at 1237 MST, a Taylorcraft BC12-D, N96924, registered to and operated by the pilot, departed the runway on landing and collided…

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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