Taylorcraft

At 1545 eastern time, a Taylorcraft BC12-D crashed after an inadvertent stall/spin while maneuvering. The pilot reported minor injuries and the passenger reported no injuries. The pilot said he was maneuvering at 500 to 800 feet agl on a deer-spotting mission when he stalled the airplane during a left turn at 500 feet. The airplane entered a spin, which he recovered, but he did not have enough altitude to arrest the descent. The airplane crashed into heavy brush at nearly a level attitude….

At 1440 eastern time, a Taylorcraft 15A struck power lines shortly after taking off from Somerset County Airport. The flight instructor and airplane owner were not injured. The flight instructor said he and the pilot had traveled to Maryland to inspect and pick up the newly purchased airplane and fly it back to Michigan. The buyer was a commercial pilot but was not current in the airplane and had asked the flight instructor to accompany him and provide flight instruction while en route to Michigan. The day before the accident, the flight instructor flew the airplane alone for about 30 minutes and talked to the seller about the airplanes slow climb rate, which was about 300-400 feet per minu…

At about 15:30 EST, a student pilot flying a Taylorcraft BC12-D was killed when the airplane collided with trees during landing practice at Greenville Municipal Airport. A witness who was flying in the airport traffic pattern at the time said the accident airplane touched down in a grassy landing area to the right of paved runway 15. It then veered to the left, crossed the paved runway and headed for the wide open space of a turf cross runway. Then, instead of continuing straight toward the cross runway, the airplane made a climbing left turn. The airplane then leveled off and hit trees. The student pilot was 79 years old, and had 109 total flight hours. He had some initial flight training…

At about 10:40 Alaska daylight time, a Taylorcraft Sportsman was damaged and the pilot was injured after crashing about 16 miles from Anchorage. The pilot said he had landed at a remote strip along the Big Indian Creek and, after fishing, he departed the 1,000 foot long strip toward the west. At about 300 feet above the ground, the pilot realized he had failed to put on his headset. He turned and reached into the back of the airplane to retrieve the headset. During the process of retrieving the headset, the airplane descended wings level into the ground….

At 11:45 EDT, a Taylorcraft BC12D-4-85 on floats sank after landing on Saint Jeromes Creek. The pilot and the aviation safety inspector administering the seaplane rating test were not injured. The pilot and examiner agreed that the airplane touched down left float first and then the airplane abruptly pivoted left and sank. The examiner said the pilot touched down slightly flat and appeared to relax the controls a bit as the aircraft touched down. Post accident examination of the floats revealed heavy corrosion on some of the mounting bolts. The mounts and some crosstube segments were retained for examination….

At approximately 20:00 central time, a Taylorcraft F-19 struck a tree while in cruise flight nine miles west of Backus. The pilot suffered minor injuries. The flight originated in Park Rapids, Minn., about 20 minutes earlier and was en route to Pine River. The weather was reported as 400 feet overcast with three miles visibility, mist, temperature 43, dew point 42. The pilot was not instrument-rated….

At about 1450 eastern time, a Taylorcraft BC-12D encountered a reported downdraft and struck terrain during cruise flight. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The pilot was flying from Bloomsburg, Pa., to Freehold, N.Y. at about 2,000 feet msl when the flight got to an area of higher terrain. The pilot climbed to maintain 700 to 1,000 feet agl. As the airplane approached a 3,100-foot ridge at a 30-degree angle, the pilot encountered a downdraft that pushed the airplane into a tree….