Taylorcraft BC12-D N44335

Summary

On 5 August 2014 at about 15:15 local time, a Taylorcraft BC12-D registered N44335, operated by Flight Instructor, was involved in an accident near Burnet, Texas, United States. 2 people were 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.

Date

5 August 2014 at 15:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Burnet, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Burnet Municipal Airport-Kate (BMQ)

Coordinates

30.7389, -98.2386

Aircraft

Taylorcraft BC12-D

Registration

N44335

Category

Airplane

Year built

1946

Engines

1

Operator

Flight Instructor

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Burnet → Llano

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN14LA446

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor’s failure to adequately supervise the student pilot and his decision to conduct training in an airplane without dual brakes, which resulted in the student pilot’s loss of directional control during initial taxi and subsequent impact with another airplane.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported that the purpose of the flight was to practice takeoffs and landings. The flight instructor occupied the right seat, and the student occupied the left seat, which was the only position from which the brakes could be controlled. The flight was the sixth instructional flight for the student in the airplane (for a total flight time of 5.7 hours) and the first flight during which he occupied the left seat. The student reported that he applied engine power to begin a taxi and that the airplane then veered left. As the airplane began to veer, the flight instructor told the student to apply right brake and to retard the engine throttle. The flight instructor turned the magneto switch off, and the airplane's left wing then struck a parked airplane. If the accident airplane had been equipped with dual brakes, it is possible that the flight instructor would have stopped the airplane. The student stated that he failed to get his right foot from the rudder to the brake in a "timely manner" and that, in his "confusion," he did not retard the engine throttle. The student stated that, during the attempted recovery, it was still hard for him to understand/coordinate the use of the throttle control and control wheel, thinking that the control wheel acted like a car steering wheel in turning the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.