Taylorcraft BC12-D N95754

Summary

On 22 May 1999 at about 15:55 local time, a Taylorcraft BC12-D registered N95754 was involved in an accident near Rose Bud, Arkansas, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 May 1999 at 15:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Rose Bud, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

McDonald Private Airstrip (NONE)

Coordinates

35.3291, -92.0694

Aircraft

Taylorcraft BC12-D

Registration

N95754

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW99FA143

1 person died.

The pilot's failure to maintain minimum required airspeed for flight, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The passenger, who was a student pilot, reported that the pilot was going to do a 'slow fly-by' at the private airstrip. He further reported that as the airplane came over a wooded area, 'we encountered what was evidently [a] left wing stall. We spun into the wooded area, and impacted the ground. Prior to the stall everything seemed normal.' The airplane owner reported that the wind was from the south at 6 to 8 mph. No structural or mechanical anomalies were observed during an examination of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.