# Accident 19970810025979A: Tcraft F19, Anchorage, AK, August 10, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1997, 21:45 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3560T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3560T-2023-10-02) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 181 total, 61 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC97LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97LA119) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970810025979A

## Narrative

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

(.4)WHILE PERFORMING PRACTICE LANDINGS, THE PILOT REPORTED THE AIRPLANE 'HIT HARD, I HEARD A LOUD SNAP, AND DID A GO AROUND.' A PILOT IN ANOTHER AIRPLANE VISUALLY CONFIRMED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND TAILWHEEL.  THE AIRPLANE WAS FLOWN TO ITS HOME BASE.  A POWER-OFF LANDING WAS PERFORMED, THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED AND DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, DAMAGING THE RIGHT WINGTIP AND A RUNWAY LIGHT.

## 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 ANC97LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC97LA119), Aug 11, 1997: Taylorcraft TC-19 (N3560T), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive descent rate during a touch-and-go landing, which resulted in damage to the landing gear and inability to control the airplane during a subsequent landing. A factor was his lack…

## Other reports on N3560T (1)

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

- [Accident 20221003016399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221003016399A), Oct 3, 2022: Taylorcraft Aviation Corp F19 (N3560T), Waconia, MN, Substantial damage. 2022-10-03 [privacy data omitted]Waconia MN. Airman was performing touch and go landings on runway 270 with a crosswind from the south, 180 at 9 knots gusting…

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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