# NTSB LAX89LA019: Taylorcraft BC12-D, N44022, Tehachapi, CA, October 15, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 15, 1988, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Tehachapi, CA
- Coordinates: 35.120357, -118.510322 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1204&lon=-118.5103&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26275
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX89LA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26275/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA019

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vso) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - disregarded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

DURING THE LANDING TOUCHDOWN, ON RUNWAY 11, A GUST OF WIND WAS ENCOUNTERED AND THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND. DURING THE GO AROUND ATTEMPT THE PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE REPORTED TO BE FROM 020 DEGREES AT 18 KNOTS GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS. THE PILOT WAS AWARE OF THE WIND CONDITIONS AND STATED THAT HE SHOULD HAVE LANDED AT A SUITABLE ALTERNATE, HOWEVER HE FELT THAT HE COULD LAND SAFELY. THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS REPORTED PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N44022](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44022-2012-08-10), registration cancelled 2012-08-10, S/N 9822, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC12-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (registry code 8850316) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C75 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (registry code 17005, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 9822
- Airframe hours: 1541
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A-65-8 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Robert C. Steinbrink
- Registered owner: Steinbrink, Robert C
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 8, 1988, 100 hours before
- Departed: OZZ, SONORA, CA
- Destination: TSP, TEHACHAPI, CA
- Airport: TSP, Tehachapi, runway 11, 4,035 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 158 total, 100 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 18 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °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 19881015048399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881015048399A), Oct 15, 1988: Tcraft BC12D, Tehachapi, CA, Substantial damage. Lost control and stalled on a go around in a gusty crosswind. Crosswind exceeded aircrafts crosswind component.

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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