- Date
- June 4, 1993, 17:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place
- Ozona, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N96984Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930604016899A
- Case key
- 18770
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to correctly compensate for wind conditions. A factor was the unexpected encounter with the crosswind.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that the windsock was indicating calm wind conditions when he made a low pass down the runway and he subsequently landed on runway 34. After touchdown, the airplane ground looped to the left and veered off the runway into a fence. The pilot further stated that after he got out of the airplane, the windsock was indicating a cross wind out of the east at about 12 knots. Two individuals at the airport told him that the wind shifted just prior to his touching down.
Factual narrative
On June 4, 1993, at approximately 1755 central daylight time, a Taylorcraft BC12-D, N96984, was substantially damaged when it struck a fence during landing at the municipal airport in Ozona, Texas. The airplane, owned and operated by the commercial pilot, was landing after a personal flight from Houston, Texas. There was a VFR flight plan filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed throughout the area. The pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured.
The pilot stated that he made a low pass down the runway and the wind sock was indicating calm conditions. He subsequently landed on runway 34. He stated that after touchdown, he noticed that the left wing was lower than the right and the airplane veered left off of the runway and collided with a fence. He further stated that he did not notice any mechanical failures or malfunctions. After he got out of the airplane, the pilot noticed that the windsock was indicating a cross wind out of the east at about 12 knots. Two individuals at the airport reported to him that the wind had shifted just prior to the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96984
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9284
- Airframe hours
- 2,478
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Graves, Gerald A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1992 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- EFD · Houston, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- OZA · Ozona Municipal, runway 34, 5,650 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 480 total · 15 in this make and model · 340 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N96984 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.