# Accident 20050430007589A: Tcraft F19, Fairbanks, AK, April 30, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2005, 17:15 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Chena Marina Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8139° N, 147.9186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8139&lon=-147.9186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3691T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3691T-2018-01-04) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,067 total, 37 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05FA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050430007589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS STATE THAT ON TAKE OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AGL THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED TOTAL POWER LOSS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN OBSERVED MAKING A LEFT TURN WITH EXTREME BANK AND PROCEEDED TO STALL/SPIN.

## 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 ANC05FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05FA070), May 1, 2005: Taylorcraft F-19 (N3691T), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a minimum airspeed during a low-altitude turn to return to the airport, and his improper in-flight decision to initiate a steep, low altitude turn, which resulted in…

## Other reports on N3691T (1)

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

- [Incident 19810717042619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810717042619I), Jul 17, 1981: Tcraft F19 (N3691T), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. During taxi on runway gear dropped in hole, aircraft flipped on back damaged vertical stabilizer and wing tips.

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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