- Date
- May 16, 1991, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49368Taylorcraft DC12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910516016239A
- Case key
- 27208
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience in this type of aircraft.
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 certificated private pilot/owner stated that he was doing his first solo in a Taylorcraft airplane. He made a normal takeoff for left closed traffic. On initial touchdown, for a touch and go, the plane bounced. He added power and allowed the aircraft to settle back to the runway at which time he lost directional control and exited the runway to the left and hit a temporary construction fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49368
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft DC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7692
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clarence S. Hilburn
- Registered owner
- Clarence S. Hilburn
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- VGT · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- VGT · North Las Vegas, runway 7, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 228 total · 38 in this make and model · 43 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N49368 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.