Taylorcraft BC12-65 accident near Flushing, MI
On July 17, 2013, a Taylorcraft BC12-65 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Flushing, MI. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 17, 2013
- Place
- Flushing, MI
- Aircraft
- Taylorcraft BC12-65 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 43.053°N, 83.805°W
- NTSB ID
- 20130717X71905
Official records · CEN13FA416
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn July 17, 2013, at 0802 eastern daylight time, a Taylorcraft model BC12-65 airplane, N36466, impacted a wooded area 0.43 miles east-southeast of the approach end of runway 27 while approaching to land at the Dalton Airport (3DA), Flushing, Michigan. The flight instructor and student pilot were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed. The aircraft was registered to and operated by the Father John 77 Flying Club under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 as an instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which was not operated on a flight plan. The flight originated from 3DA at 0750. Security video from two ground based sources captured portions of the accident flight. The first video source had 4 cameras which captured the airplane's taxi and departure from 3DA, a low level pass over runway 27, and portions of the accident approach. The second video source captured a portion of the accident landing approach. In the second video, the airplane entered the frame of the video and appeared to be in a nose-high left turn at a moderate bank angle. As the turn progressed, the airplane appeared to pitch down and the left bank steepened before the airplane left the frame of the video. Based on the location of the second camera, the airplane was at the approximate position where a traffic pattern turn from the base leg to final approach for runway 27 would have been made. PERSONNEL INFORMATIONThe flight instructor, age 82, held a commercial pilot certificate with single-engine land, single-engine seapl
Probable cause
The student pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed during the landing approach, which led to a stall/spin, and the flight instructor’s failure to monitor the approach and provide remedial action before the stall.
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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.
