# NTSB LAX86LA300: Taylorcraft 19, N43876, San Jose, CA, July 22, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 22, 1986, 14:18 local (21:18 UTC)
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Coordinates: 37.340187, -121.900863 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3402&lon=-121.9009&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25219
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA300
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25219/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA300

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT APPLIED THE BRAKES HEAVILY DURING THE LANDING ROLL. AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IT NOSED OVER ON ITS BACK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N43876](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43876), registered now, S/N 7535, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT 19
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC12-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (registry code 8850316) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C90 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (registry code 17009, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7535
- Airframe hours: 2300
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C85-12F 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Richard C. Brown
- Registered owner: Richard C Brown
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 23, 1986, 42 hours before
- Departed: RHV, SAN JOSE, CA
- Airport: SJC, San Jose International, runway 29, 3,000 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 340 total, 27 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SJC

## 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 19860722035379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860722035379A), Jul 22, 1986: Tcraft 19, San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot used brakes too hard on the landing roll. Aircraft nosed over.

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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