- Date
- March 30, 1986, 09:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Teresa, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N43139Taylorcraft BC12D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860330008419A
- Case key
- 16944
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that he was performing touch & go landings. When the accident occurred. On the first landing a wind gust raised the right wing. The plt stated he 'tried to straighten out' the acft when it went off the right side of the rwy. The left main landing gear hit a sand hill and the acft nosed over. The plt has a total time of 9 hrs in this make and model.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43139
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6798
- Engine
- Continental O-320, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- R.L. Carvajal
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 5T6 · Santa Teresa, runway 28, 5,400 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,860 total · 9 in this make and model · 1,760 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.