Taylorcraft BC12-D N44233

Summary

On 3 March 2007 at about 16:00 local time, a Taylorcraft BC12-D registered N44233, operated by Raymond L. Follett, was involved in an accident near Hope, 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

3 March 2007 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Hope, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

60.9061, -149.6167

Aircraft

Taylorcraft BC12-D

Registration

N44233

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Raymond L. Follett

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → Hope

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC07CA025

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's selection of an unsuitable taxi area, which resulted in a loss of control during the taxi from landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot was conducting a Title 14, CFR Part 91 cross-country personal flight in a ski-equipped airplane with one passenger. In an e-mail statement addressed to a Federal Aviation Administration operations inspector, the accident pilot reported that after landing on a remote snow-covered site, while attempting to taxi the airplane to parking, he inadvertently allowed the airplane to slide sideways and downhill. The airplane came to rest in a frozen creek bed, and sustained substantial damage to the left main wing spar. The pilot did not report any preaccident mechanical anomalies in the e-mail.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.