- Date
- May 21, 1988, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Brookhaven, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N96193Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880521015709A
- Case key
- 36151
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Probable cause
Loss of power due to carburetor ice during an attempted go around. Pilot landed in scrub pines and airplane nosed over.
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
During an attempted go around, the plt believes, he lost power due to carburetor icing. He elected to land in scrub pines and the acft nosed over during landing. The plt said that there was no rotation damage on the prop. He recommended clearing the engine more during long glides. The plt could not provide local temp & dew point.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96193
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8493
- Engine
- Continental A65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Matthew W. Devine
- Registered owner
- Patrick J. Devine
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1988 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- INI · Brookhaven, NY
- Airport
- INI · Brookhaven, runway 15, 4,325 × 150 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
- 51
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,800 total · 6 in this make and model · 5,048 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 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.