# Accident 20071021824689A: Tcraft 19, Wasilla, AK, October 21, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2007, 14:27 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Lawrence Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4958° N, 149.6993° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAWRENCE AIRSTRIP (55AK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4958&lon=-149.6993&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6628N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6628N-2018-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft 19 (registry code 8850902, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TCRAFT 19
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071021824689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 21ST AT 1427 LOCAL TIME, N6628N A TAYLORCRAFT F-19 WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT LAWRENCE AIRSTRIP. THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT AT A LITTLE OVER HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY ON TAKEOFF, HIS STUDENT PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF STATING AIRSPEED TOO LOW. DURING THE ABORTED TAKEOFF THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO DRIFT TOWARD ANOTHER AIRCRAFT PARKED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENT ADDED POWER TO AVOID THE OTHER AIRCRAFT. THEY BECAME AIRBORNE AND WENT ANOTHER 400 FEET IN GROUND EFFECT BEFORE CONTACTING A TREE. THE FLIGHT WAS A PART 61 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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