- Date
- June 12, 1987, 17:30 local (Jun 13, 1987, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N43944Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870612020209A
- Case key
- 40640
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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.
Hard landing
Terrain condition - water,glassyFactor
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Flare - improperCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Landing gear,main gear - failure,total
Analysis
The plt made a hard landing while attempting to land on smooth, glassy water. The landing gear float rigging broke on impact which allowed the acft to enter the water. The acft filled with water and sank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43944
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7603
- Airframe hours
- 3,202
- Engine
- Continental C85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Allan W. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1987 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- Ketchikan, AK
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 493 total · 361 in this make and model · 433 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KTN, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.