- Date
- July 15, 1992, 19:30 local (Jul 16, 1992, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gould, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N949LRTaylorcraft BC12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920715030029A
- Case key
- 18537
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Probable cause
The aircraft crosswind landing capability was exceeded. A factor was the the gusting crosswind.
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 attempted to land at his airstrip with gusting crosswinds that exceeded the landing performance of his airplane. The landing was to the west with gusting winds from the south at 20 to 25 knots. The airplane was blown out of control into an adjacent field where it nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N949LR
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8199
- Airframe hours
- 1,350
- Engine
- Continental C85-8F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raley, Howard E.
- Registered owner
- Raley, Howard E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 11, 1992 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Raley Flying Ser., runway 27, 2,650 × 80 ft, concrete
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.