Taylorcraft BC12 N43766

Summary

On 17 June 2019 at about 20:30 local time, a Taylorcraft BC12 registered N43766 was involved in an accident near Readington, New Jersey, 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.

Date

17 June 2019 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Readington, New Jersey, United States

Nearest airport

Solberg-Hunterdon (N51)

Coordinates

40.5828, -74.7367

Aircraft

Taylorcraft BC12

Registration

N43766

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

Readington → Readington

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA19LA199

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to land on the mowed turf runway, which resulted in the airplane landing in tall grass and subsequently nosing over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot performed two landings on a turf runway and returned for a third approach. The pilot aligned the airplane parallel to the intended runway, about 80 feet to the left of the mowed runway surface. The airplane touched down in dense grass about 3-4 feet tall and travelled about 80 feet before it nosed over and came to rest inverted. The pilot insisted that the brakes had "locked;" however, examination of the airplane revealed that with the brakes fully applied there was little to no braking action and that the airplane rolled with little to no resistance. The accident is consistent with the airplane nosing over due to the landing in tall grass.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.