# NTSB SEA05CA116: Taylorcraft BC12-D, N96156, Yellow Pine, ID, June 13, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 13, 2005, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Yellow Pine, ID
- Coordinates: 44.912223, -115.485557
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9122&lon=-115.4856&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 13, 2005
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 61688
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA05CA116
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61688/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA116

## Probable cause

The pilot's delay in executing a go-around which resulted in his failure to obtain altitude/clearance with trees.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s)
  - altitude/clearance - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that he made an approach to runway 17.  He was "slightly high" on final approach, slipped the airplane, and his airspeed increased by "a few miles an hour."  When the airplane was 3 to 5 feet above the ground, at an airspeed of 50 miles per hour, with 300 feet of runway remaining, the pilot executed a go around.  After completing 90 degrees of left turn, the airplane impacted trees and descended to the ground.  Both wings and the fuselage sustained structural damage.

## Factual narrative

On June 13, 2005, about 1130 mountain daylight time, a Taylorcraft BC12-D airplane, N96156, impacted trees during a go-around at Johnson Creek Airport near Yellow Pine, Idaho.  The private pilot and his passenger were not injured, and the airplane sustained substantial damage.  The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.  The airplane departed from Big Creek Airport, Big Creek, Idaho, about 1100 with an intended destination of Johnson Creek.

In a telephone interview and a written statement, the pilot reported that he made an approach to runway 17.  He was "slightly high" on final approach, slipped the airplane, and his airspeed increased by "a few miles an hour."  When the airplane was 3 to 5 feet above the ground, at an airspeed of 50 miles per hour, with 300 feet of runway remaining, the pilot executed a go around.  After completing 90 degrees of left turn, the airplane impacted trees and descended to the ground.  Both wings and the fuselage sustained structural damage.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N96156](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96156-2013-03-01), registration cancelled 2013-03-01, S/N 8456, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Taylorcraft BC12-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: 8456
- Engines: Continental C-85-12F reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Curtis E. Kusch
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: U60, Big Creek, ID
- Destination: 3U2, Yellow Pine, ID
- Airport: 3U2, Johnson Creek, runway 17

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 983 total, 565 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days

## 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20050613010449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050613010449A), Jun 13, 2005: Tcraft BC12D, Yellow Pine, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot landed long and attempted to go around late. The aircraft struck trees off the end of the runway and crashed.

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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