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Taylorcraft BC12D N95274

15 June 2001 · Seward, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 15 June 2001 at about 20:00 local time, a Taylorcraft BC12D registered N95274 was involved in an accident near Seward, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 20:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Seward (PAWD)
Coordinates
60.1269, -149.4189
Aircraft
Taylorcraft BC12D
Registration
N95274
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Kasilof → Seward
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC01LA068

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions during taxi from landing. A factor in the accident was a crosswind.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private certificated pilot landed on runway 30 in a tailwheel-equipped airplane. The wind conditions were 297 degrees at 14 knots with gusts to 19 knots. When the pilot began a turn to taxi from landing, he reported that a quartering tailwind caused the airplane to ground loop off the east side of the runway, and the right main landing gear struck a tree stump. After the accident, the pilot examined the airplane and found two broken lower fuselage longerons, located between the tailwheel and the trailing edges of the wings.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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