Taylorcraft BC12-D N43300

Summary

On 4 March 2021 at about 02:30 local time, a Taylorcraft BC12-D registered N43300 was involved in an accident near Palmer, Alaska, 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

4 March 2021 at 02:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Palmer, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

61.2334, -147.8502

Aircraft

Taylorcraft BC12-D

Registration

N43300

Category

Airplane

Year built

1946

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Girdwood → Bryn Mawr Glac.

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC21LA023

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s selection of unsuitable terrain for taxi, which resulted in the airplane encountering a crevasse.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, while departing from the off-airport snow-covered glacier, he was not comfortable with the acceleration of the tailwheel-ski-equipped airplane and aborted the takeoff. He then began a back taxi and allowed the airplane to make a wide radius turn. Subsequently, during the turn the airplane dropped vertically into an unseen crevasse. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wing lift struts. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.