- Date
- April 28, 1990, 11:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- Meadville, PA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N43778Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900428013919A
- Case key
- 36640
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Probable cause
Loss of directional control by the pilot during landing. Contributing factor was gusty wind conditions.
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
On touchdown, a gust of wind was encountered. The pilot applied full power, lifted off the runway and sat it down on the other side of the runway. However, another gust of wind pushed the aircraft off of the runway, it then struck a small ditch that ran parallel to the runway and flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43778
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7437
- Airframe hours
- 3,137
- Engine
- Continental A65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William H. Campbell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 9, 1990 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- 4G1 · Greenville, PA
- Destination
- 2G6 · Meadville, PA
- Airport
- 2G6 · Port Meadville, runway 25, 5,000 × 75 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 505 total · 171 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N43778 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.