- Date
- February 8, 1992, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- West Jordan, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50659Taylorcraft BC12-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920208002269A
- Case key
- 41628
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to maintain control of the aircraft. A factor contributing to the accident 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
The pilot reported having just completed a landing on runway 16 and was taxiing at a speed equivalent to 'a brisk walk' when a gust of wind blew the aircraft up on its right wingtip and then over on its nose.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50659
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6400
- Airframe hours
- 248
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8-E, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Matt S. Neerings
- Registered owner
- Matt S. Neerings
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 5, 1991 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- U42
- Destination
- U42
- Airport
- U42 · Slc Municipal 2 Airport, runway 16, 6,098 × 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 448 total · 214 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 10 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.