- Date
- May 27, 1988, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N43411Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880527016469A
- Case key
- 17370
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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 pilot and his passenger decided to make a local personal flight. The pilot said he saw a squall line approaching the airport, but thought he could get off the ground before it arrived. He took off and started a left crosswind turn. A gust of wind lifted the right wing to an angle of 80-90 degrees. The pilot said he was afraid he would go inverted and initiated recovery measures. Witnesses said the aircraft rolled over on its back and impacted the ground in a near-vertical attitude. The pilot had just restored the aircraft after 10 years of storage. The aircraft had not received an annual inspection. The engine had not received a 100-hour inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43411
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7070
- Airframe hours
- 1,356
- Engine
- Continental A65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John B. Gallette
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 13, 1957 · 113 hours before
- Departed
- 4AC
- Destination
- 4AC
- Airport
- 4AC · Coronado, runway 17, 4,010 × 60 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 180 total · 61 in this make and model · 145 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 22 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABQ, 9 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.