# Accident 19850908073999A: Tcraft STCF19, Anchorage, AK, September 8, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1985, 10:15 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1592° N, 149.9897° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1592&lon=-149.9897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3588T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3588T-2013-07-08) (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 STCF19
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 152 total, 152 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC85LAG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LAG03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850908073999A

## Narrative

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

ENTERED A DIVING SPIRAL WHILE TRYING TO CLIMB IN CLOUDS.  RECOVERED BELOW TOPS OF TREES.  WING STRUCK A TREE.

## 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 ANC85LAG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LAG03), Sep 8, 1985: Taylorcraft 19 (N3588T), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3588T (1)

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

- [Incident 19991226036259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991226036259I), Dec 26, 1999: Tcraft F19 (N3588T), Anchorage, AK. (-23) Pilot was inbound to Merrill field, was assigned and landed on runway 15. Wind varying rapidly 130/210 and gusty. Runway had snow over ice and as it…

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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