Taylorcraft BC12-D N44047
8 December 2003 · Anchorage, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 8 December 2003 at about 12:56 local time, a Taylorcraft BC12-D registered N44047 was involved in an accident near Anchorage, 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 12:56
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska, United States
- Nearest airport
- Lake Hood Airstrip (Z41)
- Coordinates
- 61.1894, -149.9500
- Aircraft
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Registration
- N44047
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Anchorage → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night
- NTSB number
- ANC04LA013
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's misjudged altitude during final approach, which resulted in an undershot landing, and subsequent nose over.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The solo private certificated pilot was landing a wheel-equipped airplane during dark night light conditions. The pilot reported that while landing on a lighted, 2,200 foot long by 70 foot wide snow-covered, gravel airstrip, he inadvertently touched down in the overrun area, about 50 feet short of the runway's threshold. As the airplane's main wheels touched down in the deep snow that covered the overrun area, the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained structural damage to the rudder.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Taylorcraft BC12 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr 2003 | Taylorcraft BC12-D | West Jordan, Utah, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Nov 2002 | Taylorcraft BC12-D | Albion, Michigan, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 16 May 2002 | Taylorcraft BC12-D | Gaston, Oregon, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 2 Apr 2002 | Taylorcraft BC12-D | Crescent City, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Nov 2004 | Taylorcraft BC12-D | Wasta, South Dakota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 Feb 2004 | Taylorcraft BC12-D | Wrightsville, Arkansas, United States | Gregory Lawrence Heinze | Fatal | 1 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 2003 | Rockwell 500-S | Chickaloon, Alaska, United States | State of Alaska Division of Forestry | No injuries | - |
| 13 Jun 2003 | Williamson GLASTAR | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 11 Jul 2003 | Cessna 206 | English Bay, Alaska, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 23 Aug 2003 | Cloud-Wag Aero SPORTSMEN | Noatak, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jul 2003 | Cessna 401 | Gustavus, Alaska, United States | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 12 Jul 2003 | Piper PA-18 | Talkeetna, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |