- Date
- April 2, 2006, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Warrenton, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N43497Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060402031229A
- Case key
- 63447
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. A factor was the gusting winds.
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
According to the pilot, during the landing flare, a gust of wind "caught" the tailwheel airplane, which then veered off the runway and into a ditch. The pilot also stated that the winds were variable at 10, gusting to 20 knots. The pilot did not report any mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, during the landing flare, a gust of wind "caught" the tailwheel airplane, which then veered off the runway and into a ditch. The pilot also stated that the winds were variable at 10, gusting to 20 knots. The pilot did not report any mechanical anomalies with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43497
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7156
- Engine
- Continental A&C65 Series, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Ohlinger
- Registered owner
- Peggie Ohlinger
- Departed
- W66 · Warrenton, VA
- Destination
- W66
- Airport
- W66 · Warrenton-Fauqier Airport, runway 32
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 500 in this make and model · 2,400 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.