# NTSB LAX91LA215: Taylorcraft DC12-D, N49368, Las Vegas, NV, May 16, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 16, 1991, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Coordinates: 36.1697, -115.050567 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1697&lon=-115.0506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 14, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 27208
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX91LA215
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/27208/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA215

## 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

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - fence

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49368), registered now, S/N 7692, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT DC12-D
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC12-D](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d) (registry code 8850316) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7692
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19910516016239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910516016239A), May 16, 1991: Tcraft BC12D, Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage. Bounced,added power and settled to runway. Lost control,left the runway and struck a fence. First solo in type.

## Other investigations on N49368 (1)

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.

- [NTSB GAA19CA366](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA366), Jun 21, 2019: Taylorcraft BC12 (N49368), Yerington, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly secure the airplane before hand propping it, which resulted in the unmanned airplane moving and colliding with a fence.

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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