Taylorcraft BC12-65 N36466

Summary

On 17 July 2013 at about 12:02 local time, a Taylorcraft BC12-65 registered N36466, operated by Father John 77 Flying Club, was involved in an accident near Flushing, Michigan, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 July 2013 at 12:02

Classification

Accident

Location

Flushing, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Dalton Airport (3DA)

Coordinates

43.0525, -83.8050

Aircraft

Taylorcraft BC12-65

Registration

N36466

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Father John 77 Flying Club

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Flushing → Flushing

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN13FA416

2 people died.

The student pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed during the landing approach, which led to a stall/spin, and the flight instructor’s failure to monitor the approach and provide remedial action before the stall.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight was an instructional flight with a student pilot and a flight instructor onboard. Video evidence from a ground-based source indicated that the airplane was in a nose-high left turn at a moderate bank angle. As the turn progressed, the airplane appeared to pitch down, and the left bank steepened before the airplane left the frame of the video. The location of the camera indicated that the airplane was making a turn in the traffic pattern from the base leg to the final approach. Examination of the airplane after the accident confirmed continuity of the flight control systems. Engine examination confirmed crankshaft and valve train continuity. Although the magnetos would not produce a spark, impact damage would have prevented normal operation. No preimpact anomalies were detected that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane, engine, or related systems. Based on the available evidence, it is likely that the airplane's airspeed diminished during the turn to a point where the airplane stalled and entered a spin.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.