# Accident 20191025017152A: Taylorcraft Aviation Corp F19, Palmer, AK, October 25, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2019, 17:00 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5972° N, 149.1147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmer, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5972&lon=-149.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3980T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3980T-2023-03-04) (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: TAYLORCRAFT AVIATION CORP F19
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 8 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191025017152A

## Narrative

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

ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 10/25/2019 @ 1700 AFTER N3980T, A TAYLORCRAFT, MODEL F-19, S/N F-122 HAD JUST LANDED AT PAAQ AND WAS TAXIING OFF TAXIWAY ECHO AND CUTTING THROUGH AN OPEN PARKING SPOT BETWEEN TWO AIRCRAFT. WHILE FOCUSING ON THE A/C ON HIS LEFT,  THE PILOT STRUCK THE A/C (N62550, CESSNA 172P S/N 17275301) THAT WAS PARKED ON HIS RIGHT.

THE PROPELLER OF THE TAXING A/C MADE CONTACT WITH RIGHT WING OF THE PARKED A/C, SLICING OPEN THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING STARTING AT THE TIP AND PROCEEDING INWARD TO A POINT JUST INBOARD OF WING STATION 190.0 (APPROX. 20" INCHES IN LENGTH). DAMAGED SUSTAINED BY THE C172P WAS SUBSTANTIAL WITH NUMEROUS STRINGERS, RIBS, WINGTIP FAIRING, FORWARD SPAR AND WING SKINS-UPPER & LOWER TO INCLUDE DAMAGE TO WIRING OF RIGHT WING NAV/STROBE LIGHTING.

THE TAXING A/C (N3980T) SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROP, WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE A SLIGHT BEND IN ONE BLADE AND NUMEROUS SCRATCHES, NICKS AND SCARES ON BOTH BLADES. THIS RESULTS IN A MANDATORY PROP STRIKE INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE AND REPAIR AND/OR OVERHAUL OF THE PROP.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N62550, Cessna 172P: no report for this aircraft; [N62550](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62550) is registered now

## 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

## Other reports on N3980T (1)

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

- [Accident 20220714012259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220714012259A), Jul 14, 2022: Taylorcraft Aviation Corp F19 (N3980T), Palmer, AK, Substantial damage. The aircraft encountered some sink on the approach end of the uphill landing area. The pilot pulled the plane into a flare, unaware of the ground suddenly…

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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