Taylorcraft BC12-D accident near Wrightsville, AR
On February 27, 2004, a Taylorcraft BC12-D (airplane) was involved in an accident near Wrightsville, AR. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 27, 2004
- Place
- Wrightsville, AR
- Aircraft
- Taylorcraft BC12-D · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.717°N, 92.224°W
- NTSB ID
- 20040319X00343
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 26, 2004, approximately 1800 central standard time, a Taylorcraft BC12-D single-engine airplane, N43005, registered to and operated by a private individual, was destroyed when it impacted terrain following a loss of control while in the landing pattern at a private grass airstrip, near Wrightsville, Arkansas. The commercial pilot sustained serious injuries and his pilot-rated passenger was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The local flight originated from the private airstrip at 1625. According to the owner of the airplane, the pilot departed from the private airstrip to practice formation flight. The owner was the pilot of the other airplane in the formation flight. He stated that the flight lasted about 1 1/2 hours and was uneventful. At the conclusion of the formation flight, both airplanes returned to enter the landing pattern for the private airstrip (known locally as "the pumpkin patch") to conduct individual touch-and-go landings. Each airplane performed 2 touch-and-go landings, in a left pattern, on the east-west oriented airstrip. The airplanes were landing to the west. To the best of his knowledge, the owner was flying in the other airplane approximately 1/4 mile in front of the accident airplane at the time of the accident. He stated that the accident airplane was in trail to his airplane on a left downwind. He did not hear any radio transmissions or distress calls. The two airplanes had been in radio contact with
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed sufficient for flight resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern.
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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.
