Accident Taylorcraft BF12-65 N36452,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 361617
 
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Date:Sunday 25 July 1993
Time:18:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic TAYB model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Taylorcraft BF12-65
Owner/operator:Stuart Jones
Registration: N36452
MSN: 3268
Year of manufacture:1942
Total airframe hrs:375 hours
Engine model:CONTINENTAL A-75-8
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Accident
Location:Sunappee, NH -   United States of America
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Kezar Lakes, NH
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WHO IS ALSO A PILOT FLEW TO LAKE SUNAPEE TO ESCORT HIS FRIENDS' HOMEBUILT AMPHIBIAN AIRPLANE THAT WAS BEING FERRIED BY ANOTHER PILOT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THEY LANDED AND WHILE TAXIING FROM LANDING, THE PASSENGER WAS SO EXCITED THAT HIS AIRPLANE HAD FLOWN WELL, THAT HE EXITED THE AIRPLANE JUST AS THE PILOT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND WALKED INTO THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF HE HAD ASSURED THE PASSENGER REMAINED IN THE AIRPLANE UNTIL SHUTDOWN.

Probable Cause: THE PASSENGER'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURES AND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY THE PILOT.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: BFO93LA139
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 11 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB BFO93LA139

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