Taylorcraft BC12 D N43955

Summary

On 8 February 2014 at about 16:10 local time, a Taylorcraft BC12 D registered N43955, operated by Hoagland Carri EVE, was involved in an accident near Hartford, Wisconsin, 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

8 February 2014 at 16:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Hartford, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Hartford Municipal (HFX)

Coordinates

43.3492, -88.3914

Aircraft

Taylorcraft BC12 D

Registration

N43955

Category

Airplane

Year built

1946

Operator

Hoagland Carri EVE

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hartford → Oshkosh

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN14CA132

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and failure to inspect the runway before departure.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was departing to the north from a snow covered grass runway in a ski-equipped tail-wheel airplane. A plowed asphalt runway intersected the snow covered runway, and snowbanks were located on the north and south side of the plowed runway. The pilot reported that during takeoff, the airplane impacted the snowbank on the south side of the asphalt runway and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, and empennage. The pilot reported that there was no malfunction or system failure of the airplane before the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.