Accident Taylorcraft BC12D N95274, Friday 15 June 2001

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Date:	Friday 15 June 2001
Time:	12:00 LT
Type:	Taylorcraft BC12D
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N95274
MSN:	9674
Engine model:	Continental O-200
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Seward, AK - United States of America
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Kasilof, AK (5KS)
Destination airport:	Seward Airport, AK (SWD/PAWD)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The private certificated pilot landed on runway 30 in a tailwheel-equipped airplane. The wind conditions were 297 degrees at 14 knots with gusts to 19 knots. When the pilot began a turn to taxi from landing, he reported that a quartering tailwind caused the airplane to ground loop off the east side of the runway, and the right main landing gear struck a tree stump. After the accident, the pilot examined the airplane and found two broken lower fuselage longerons, located between the tailwheel and the trailing edges of the wings.

Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions during taxi from landing. A factor in the accident was a crosswind.

Accident investigation: