- Date
- June 5, 1989, 18:25 local (Jun 6, 1989, 01:25 UTC)
- Place
- Vancouver, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N96202Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890605020679A
- Case key
- 41025
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing ground roll, resulting in a ground loop and nose over. The crosswind is considered to be a contributing factor to the accident.
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
The pilot was practicing main wheel landings in the conventional gear equipped aircraft and lost control during ground landing roll. The aircraft ground looped and nosed over. A 70 degree, 12 knot crosswind existed at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96202
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8502
- Airframe hours
- 9,322
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Evergreen Flying Svc
- Registered owner
- Evergreen Flying Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 10, 1989 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- 59S · Vancouver, WA
- Destination
- 59S
- Airport
- 59S · Evergreen, runway 28, 2,650 × 42 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 304 total · 69 in this make and model · 244 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDX, 4 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.
Other investigations on N96202 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.