# Accident 20220714012259A: Taylorcraft Aviation Corp F19, Palmer, AK, July 14, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2022, 20:45 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.5388° N, 147.5989° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.5388&lon=-147.5989&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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 287 total, 210 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC22LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22LA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220714012259A

## Narrative

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

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 SLOPING BACK DOWN. THE FLARE RESULTED IN AN APPROACH STALL AND SUBSEQUENT CRASH.

## 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 ANC22LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22LA057), Jul 15, 2022: Taylorcraft F19 (N3980T), Lake Louise, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path, which resulted in a hard landing short of the airstrip.

## Other reports on N3980T (1)

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

- [Accident 20191025017152A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191025017152A), Oct 25, 2019: Taylorcraft Aviation Corp F19 (N3980T), Palmer, AK, Substantial damage. 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…

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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