- Date
- June 27, 2012, 08:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place
- Paulden, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N43087Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20120627012799A
- Case key
- 84167
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane said that it ground-looped to the left after landing, striking a ridge and barbed wire fence that ran along the edge of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings. He stated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures.
Factual narrative
On June 27, 2012, at 0925 mountain standard time, a Taylorcraft BC12-D, N43087, ground looped during landing at Big Springs Ranch Airport, Paulden, Arizona. The private pilot operated the airplane under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The pilot and single passenger were not injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The flight originated at Big Springs Ranch Airport at 0740. The pilot stated that he ground looped the airplane to the left after landing on runway 26, and struck a barbed wire fence that ran along the edge of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43087
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 9887
- Airframe hours
- 2,117
- Engine
- Cont Motor C85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mitchell Harold A
- Registered owner
- Mitchell Harold A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 2010
- Departed
- AZ27 · Paulden, AZ
- Destination
- AZ27 · Paulden, AZ
- Airport
- AZ27 · Big Springs Ranch Airport, runway 26, 4,300 × 83 ft, gravel
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
- 74
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Sport pilot
- Last flight review
- May 7, 1983
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,398 total · 10 in this make and model · 1,350 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 2, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.7 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.