- Date
- November 9, 2001, 08:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Copperopolis, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N43382Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flt Stnds Dist Office
- Case key
- 53753
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of speed and altitude on final approach to landing, which resulted in a low approach and impact with a fence at the runway threshold. The impact lead to a subsequent loss of control and nose over.
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 said that she approached the 1,800-foot-long runway "low and slow," and the tailwheel of the airplane snagged on a fence at the runway threshold. A hard landing ensued and the airplane then veered off the runway and nosed over.
Factual narrative
On November 9, 2001, at 0815 hours Pacific standard time, a Taylorcraft BC12-D, N43382, was substantially damaged when the airplane veered off the runway and nosed over during landing at a private airstrip at Copperopolis, California. The commercial certificated pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The personal flight, which departed from San Andreas, California, at 0800, was operated by the owner under 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
The pilot told the Safety Board investigator that she approached the 1,800-foot-long runway "low and slow," and the tailwheel of the airplane snagged on a fence at the runway threshold. A hard landing ensued and the airplane then veered off the runway and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43382
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7041
- Airframe hours
- 2,725
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kathleen M. Zancanella
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 5, 2001 · 216 hours before
- Departed
- O03 · San Andreas, CA
- Destination
- Copperopolis, CA
- Airport
- Private Airstrip
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
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- June 1, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 2,500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 2.5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Observed at
- SCK, 29 nm away