# NTSB LAX86LA086: Taylorcraft BC12-D, N95009, Buckeye, AZ, January 11, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 11, 1986, 12:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Buckeye, AZ
- Location: 33.3703° N, 112.5838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buckeye, AZ, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3703&lon=-112.5838&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25049
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA086
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25049/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA086

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT TO A PRIVATELY OWNED AIRSTRIP, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH WIRES LOCATED AT THE WEST END OF THE AIRSTRIP WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 08. THE PILOT INITIALLY REPORTED THAT HE HAD MISJUDGED THE AIRCRAFT HEIGHT AND COLLIDED WITH THE WIRES. IN THE PILOT/OPERATOR AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT FORM THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE SUN PREVENTED HIM FROM SEEING THE WIRES. THE LOCATION AND BEARING TO THE SUN AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS 35 DEG ABOVE THE HORIZON AND A MAGNETIC BEARING OF ABOUT 169 DEG. THE WIRES WERE UNMARKED AND REMOVED BY THE ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY SUBSEQUENT TO THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N95009 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 9409
- Airframe hours: 1722
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A65-8 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Nelson H. Dyess, M.D.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 1985
- Departed: PHX, PHOENIX, AZ
- Destination: BUCKEYE, AZ
- Airport: Tuckey Airstrip, runway 8, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 319 total, 36 in this make and model, 169 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F

## 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 19860111000679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860111000679A), Jan 11, 1986: Tcraft BC12D, Buckeye, AZ, Substantial damage. Aircraft struck unmarked aluminum power lines on final approach and impacted ground.

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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