- Date
- September 23, 1988, 16:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Seattle, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N96248Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880923040279A
- Case key
- 40893
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt received ATIS info which advised of gusty crosswind conditions and low level wind shear and recommended contacting Seattle radio(fss) for further info. Plt did not contact fss and initiated takeoff. At 100-200 ft AGL, acft encountered turbulence, pitched up, rolled off on a wing to nosedown attitude and collided with runway surface. The winds were gusting to 18 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96248
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8548
- Airframe hours
- 2,967
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James H. Covey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 29, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Destination
- S43 · Snohomish, WA
- Airport
- BFI · Boeing Field, runway 13L, 3,710 × 100 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,314 total · 1,067 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFI
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 N96248 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.