# NTSB DFW06CA143: Taylorcraft BC12-D, N95016, Justin, TX, May 27, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: May 27, 2006, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Justin, TX
- Coordinates: 33.1333333333333, -97.2913888888889
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1333&lon=-97.2914&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 29, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63780
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW06CA143
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63780/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA143

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper compensation for the prevailing high wind conditions.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - fence

## Analysis

The 525-hour private pilot was taxiing the tailwheel-equipped vintage airplane after landing when a gust of wind lifted the right wing and "cartwheeled" the single-engine airplane into a fence.  The airplane came to rest in the inverted position and there was no post accident fire.  The pilot was able to egress the airplane unassisted.  No mechanical anomalies were reported with the flight controls.  The pilot reported having accumulated 102 hours in the same make and model.  Several minutes before the accident, the automated weather observing system located 6 nautical miles northeast from the site of the accident reported, wind from 140 degrees varying to 200 degrees at 19 knots gusting to 23 knots.

## Factual narrative

The 525-hour private pilot was taxiing the tailwheel-equipped vintage airplane after landing when a gust of wind lifted the right wing and "cartwheeled" the single-engine airplane into a fence.  The airplane came to rest in the inverted position and there was no post accident fire.  The pilot was able to egress the airplane unassisted.  No mechanical anomalies were reported with the flight controls.  The pilot reported having accumulated 102 hours in the same make and model.  Several minutes before the accident, the automated weather observing system located 6 nautical miles northeast from the site of the accident reported, wind from 140 degrees varying to 200 degrees at 19 knots gusting to 23 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N95016](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95016), registered now, S/N 9416, 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: 9416
- Engines: Continental A65-8F 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jimmy Caplinger
- Registered owner: Caplingers Crane and Equipment Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 7TX4, KELLER, TX
- Destination: 3TX6, JUSTIN, TX
- Airport: 3TX6, Clark

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; private; medical: class 3; flight hours: 525 total, 102 in this make and model, 252 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 19 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,800 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.82 inHg
- Observed at: DTO, 6 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060527010499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060527010499A), May 27, 2006: Tcraft BC12D, Justin, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) While taxiing out to runway for take off, wind gust picked up right wing of aircraft and aircraft cartwheeled over the left wing. No injuries.

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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