# NTSB WPR22LA325: Taylorcraft BC12-D1, N96095, Hope, AK, August 22, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: August 22, 2022, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Hope, AK · Big Indian Airstrip
- Coordinates: 60.879722, -149.95055 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.8797&lon=-149.9505&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105835
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR22LA325
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105835/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105835
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22LA325

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a tree while taxiing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Attention/monitoring: monitoring environment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Taylorcraft BC12-D1, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md?model=8850320), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021545/cases.md)
- [Object/animal/substance: tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation; cases with it: [Taylorcraft BC12-D1, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md?model=8850320), [All aircraft, 933 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event); cases with it: [Taylorcraft BC12-D1, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=8850320), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that, while taxiing after landing, the left wing struck a tree, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N96095](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96095), registered now, S/N 8395, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D1
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft BC12-D1](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-bc12-d1) (registry code 8850320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 8395
- Year built: 1946
- Engines: Lycoming O-290-D2 135 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: Soldotna, AK
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: None, Big Indian
- Equipment: Handheld GPS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review August 11, 2022; seat: left; flight hours: 445 total, 35 in this make and model, 335 as pilot in command, 159 in the last 90 days, 105 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.84 inHg
- Observed at: PANC, 18 nm away
- METAR: METAR PANC 222253Z 30006KT 10SM -RA FEW025 BKN075 OVC120 14/13 A2984 RMK AO2 RAB49 SLP104 P0000 T01390128=

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20220822014949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220822014949A), Aug 22, 2022: Taylorcraft BC12-D1, Hope, AK, Substantial damage. Accident aircraft departed soldotna airport for personal use flight to big Indian air strip. Pilot made landing without incident but upon taxi he hit a tree…

## Other investigations on N96095 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC78DAG71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG71), Apr 15, 1978: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N96095), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 9, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105835. 14.2 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 8 pages, 13.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14590401&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photo array (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 2 photos, 877 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14783226&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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