ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165995
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| Date: | Sunday 4 May 2014 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Taylorcraft BC12-D |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N64518 |
| MSN: | 6913 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1454 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tree, west Meadow Lakes, Matanuska-Susitna, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Wasilla, AK (6AK8) |
| Anchorage, AK (LHD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was departing from a private grass airstrip in his tailwheel equipped airplane. He stated that there was a slight breeze out of the north. As the airplane climbed above the tree line he encountered a rotor and downdraft and was unable to continue climbing. He elected to set the airplane in an area of trees, resulting in substantial damage to the wing lift struts. The pilot stated that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
In the recommendation section of the NTSB Accident Reporting Form 6120.1, he also stated that he had just started flying from the airstrip, and was not familiar with the local conditions. After the accident, he learned that there is often a wind shift/rotor that occurs near the tree line at the midfield point of the airstrip.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation, which resulted in a turbulence encounter at low altitude and collision with trees. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of knowledge of local wind conditions.
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 April 2022 | N64518 | private | 0 | Wasilla, Alaska | |
sub |
| Loss of control | ||||||
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Media:
A plane crashed during takeoff from a Wasilla airstrip Sunday. The pilot was rescued: http://t.co/AFutzEyqRx #ktuu pic.twitter.com/YlMFbvfIZt
— KTUU.com (@Ch2KTUU) May 5, 2014Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-May-2014 03:08 | Geno | Added |
| 05-May-2014 16:46 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2014 17:26 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 14:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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