# Incident 19991226036259I: Tcraft F19, Anchorage, AK, December 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1999, 16:09 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: 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 F19
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 450 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991226036259I

## Narrative

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

(-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 SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT STARTED A SIDE DRIFT TO THE RIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO CONTROL INPUT.  AS THE RIGHT WHEEL GOT INTO DEEPER SNOW THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED UP ON ITS NOSE AND STOPPED.  THE PILOT GOT OUT, PULLED THE TAIL DOWN AND TAXIED TO PARKING.  COUNSELED PILOT ON ICY RUNWAY TECHNIQUES, CONTROL INPUT AND PREPAREDNESS FOR GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS.  ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF ASKING FOR A DIFFERENT RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N3588T (1)

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

- [Accident 19850908073999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850908073999A), Sep 8, 1985: Tcraft STCF19 (N3588T), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Entered a diving spiral while trying to climb in clouds. Recovered below tops of trees. Wing struck a tree.

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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