- Date
- May 28, 1993, 15:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Vancouver, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N43387Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930528016369A
- Case key
- 41715
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate remedial action. Factors include crosswinds, gusts, and the pilot's lack of total experience in tailwheel type aircraft.
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, who had limited experience in tailwheel aircraft, was attempting to land in a strong, gusty crosswind. He lost control of the aircraft during the flare/touchdown, and his remedial actions were inadequate to bring the aircraft back under control. While he was attempting to regain control, the aircraft nosed over.
Factual narrative
On May 28, 1993, at approximately 1525 Pacific daylight time (PDT), a Taylorcraft BC-12D, N43387, flipped over during the landing roll at Evergreen Field, Vancouver, Washington. The FAA certificated flight instructor, who was the sole occupant of the aircraft, was not injured, but the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The local pleasure flight, which began about 1420 PDT, was in visual meteorological conditions at the time of the accident. No flight plan had been filed, and there was no report of an ELT activation.
The pilot, who said he had 1.2 hours of pilot in command time in tailwheel aircraft, was attempting to land in a strong, gusty, crosswind. During the flare/touchdown he lost control of the aircraft, and his remedial action was not adequate to recover. During the attempt to regain control, the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43387
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-12D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7046
- Airframe hours
- 5,884
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Evergreen Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Evergreen Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 7, 1993 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- 59S
- Destination
- 59S
- Airport
- 59S · Evergreen Field, runway 28, 2,600 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 324 total · 4 in this make and model · 225 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 11 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N43387 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.