Taylorcraft BC12-D accident near Greenville, PA
On December 12, 1998, a Taylorcraft BC12-D (airplane) was involved in an accident near Greenville, PA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- December 12, 1998
- Place
- Greenville, PA
- Aircraft
- Taylorcraft BC12-D · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 41.399°N, 80.380°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X11619
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 12, 1998, about 1530 Eastern Standard Time, a Taylorcraft BC12-D, N43778, was destroyed when it collided with trees during landing practice at Greenville Municipal Airport (4G1), Greenville, Pennsylvania. The student pilot received fatal injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was filed for the local instructional flight, which was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. According to a witness who was flying in the airport traffic pattern at the time, the accident airplane touched down in a grassy landing area to the right of, and parallel to, a paved Runway 15. It then appeared to veer to the left, and crossed the paved runway, towards a large briar patch. The witness thought the airplane would hit the patch, but it managed to fly over it, and headed towards the "wide open space" of a turf cross-runway. Then, instead of continuing toward the cross-runway, the airplane entered a steep left turn with a steep climb. It looked like it was in a stall attitude, and flying very slow. The witness then saw the airplane's nose drop, and the airplane "go over," but felt it may have been the result of hitting a tree. Another witness saw the accident from inside the airport office. He looked outside the window, and saw the accident airplane cross over the briar patch. He then saw it make a climbing left turn, but "not excessively steep, not like a stall climb." He wasn't sure of the angle of bank, but it was "maybe 25 degrees, it wasn't less." The airplane then leveled off and hit trees, and the witness "saw
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during touch-and-go landing, and his failure to maintain obstacle clearance. A factor was the tree.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
