# Accident 20120331006559A: Taylorcraft Aviation Corp F19, Emporia, KS, March 31, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2012, 09:30 local time
- Place: Emporia, KS
- Airport: Roberts Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4231° N, 96.3719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4231&lon=-96.3719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3673T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3673T) (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: TAYLORCRAFT AVIATION CORP F19
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 119 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120331006559A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS LANDING A CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRCRAFT TO THE SOUTH ON A TURF RUNWAY (12 INCH TALL GRASS) AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AND CONTINUED IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION, GOING  THROUGH A WIRE FENCE WEST OF THE RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AGAINST A WOOD PRIVACY FENCE APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET WEST OF THE WIRE FENCE.  A PROMINENT GROUND SCAR WHERE THE LEFT LANDING GEAR SCRAPED THE TURF WAS EVIDENT ALONG THIS PATH. THE WIND AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED AS VARIABLE AT THREE KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE  LEFT LANDING GEAR, LEFT WING,  AILERON, EMPENNAGE AND PROPELLER. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 CEN12CA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA219), Mar 31, 2012: Taylorcraft F19 (N3673T), Emporia, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control while landing, which resulted in a ground loop and impact with a fence.

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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