# Accident 19800801032249A: Tcraft F19, Wasilla, AK, August 1, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1980, 19:00 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Philo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5785° N, 149.4763° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wasilla, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5785&lon=-149.4763&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3615T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3615T-2008-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft F19 (registry code 8850904, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-f19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT F19
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 340 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAG88](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG88) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800801032249A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STRUCK TREES ON FINAL. IMPACTED GROUND OFF APPROACH END OF RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC80DAG88](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG88), Aug 1, 1980: Taylorcraft F19 (N3615T), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3615T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20051222030709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051222030709A), Dec 22, 2005: Tcraft F19 (N3615T), Seward, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot was operating from a beach strip on montague island and had landed there on December 20, 2005, to retrieve hunting equipment from a previous…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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