# Accident 20000812042429A: Tcraft F19, Port Alsworth, AK, August 12, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2000, 13:00 local time
- Place: Port Alsworth, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.1999° N, 154.2807° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.1999&lon=-154.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3569T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3569T) (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: 10,800 total, 460 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC00LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000812042429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS LANDING TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST ON A 500 FEET LONG BY 60 FEET WIDE GRAVEL BAR. HE INDICATED THAT THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 10 FEET SHORT OF THE NORMAL LANDING AREA WHERE THE SURFACE WAS ROUGH WITH GULLYS. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LANDED IN A HOLE WHICH HE HAD NOT SEEN. AFTER TOUCH DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND THE NOSE TURNED APPROXIMATELY 40 DEGREES LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP ON IT'S BACK. THE PILOT REPORTED THE WIND TO BE 8 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH. HE HAD LANDED THERE 1.5 HOURS PREVIOUS TO THE ACCIDENT WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## 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 ANC00LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA097), Aug 12, 2000: Taylorcraft F-19 (N3569T), Port Alsworth, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to touchdown at the proper point on the landing area. Factors associated with this accident were the rough landing area, and the brush along the gravel bar.

## Other reports on N3569T (1)

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

- [Incident 19910101003209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910101003209I), Jan 1, 1991: Tcraft F19 (N3569T), Death Valley, CA, Minor damage. Came in high and fast. Landed long and braked hard. Veered off runway and flipped over.

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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