Taylorcraft BC 65 N52CW
4 November 2013 · Fallston, Maryland, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 4 November 2013 at about 15:00 local time, a Taylorcraft BC 65 registered N52CW, operated by Walker J C, was involved in an accident near Fallston, Maryland, 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 15:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Fallston, Maryland, United States
- Nearest airport
- Fallston (W42)
- Coordinates
- 39.5205, -76.4205
- Aircraft
- Taylorcraft BC 65
- Registration
- N52CW
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1946
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Walker J C
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Churchville → Fallston
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA14CA039
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing resulting in collision with equipment off the side of the runway. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's intentional landing on a closed runway with a tailwind.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot instructed the runway repair technicians to move their equipment so that he could depart from the closed runway that was NOTAM'd as such by the airport operator. The pilot/owner then took off downwind. Later, the pilot returned in the accident airplane and the technicians were surprised when the airplane "committed" to landing downwind on the closed runway. The technicians quickly moved their equipment from the runway surface but the pilot was unable to stop the airplane before striking the left wing against a construction vehicle off the left side of the runway, which resulted in substantial damage. In interviews with Federal Aviation Administration inspectors, the pilot did not report any mechanical deficiencies with his airplane that would preclude normal operation. According to NTSB records, this was the pilot's fourth accident in the previous 3 years.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Taylorcraft BC-65 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2014 | Taylorcraft BC 65 | Summerville, Georgia, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 1 Dec 2010 | Taylorcraft BC-65 | Madras, Oregon, United States | Berg Air | No injuries | - |
| 7 Feb 2021 | Taylorcraft BC-65 | Columbia, South Carolina, United States | Dunn Ward A | Minor injuries | - |
| 15 Jun 2023 | Taylorcraft BC-65 | Sibley, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Jun 1999 | Taylorcraft BC-65 | Corinna, Maine, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jul 1995 | Taylorcraft BC-65 | Plato Center, Illinois, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
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