# Accident 20230806010809A: Taylorcraft Aviation Corp. F21, Holliday, TX, August 6, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2023, 20:15 local time
- Place: Holliday, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6881° N, 98.8255° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6881&lon=-98.8255&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2005J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2005J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylorcraft F21 (registry code 8850906, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-f21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT AVIATION CORP. F21
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA351](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA351) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230806010809A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 6, 2023, AT 2015 CDT, A TAYLORCRAFT F21 AIRCRAFT, REGISTERED TO PRIVATE OWNER, IMPACTED TERRAIN 250 FT. SHORT OF THE FILED INTENDED TO LAND DUE TO LOSS OF POWER ON SHORT FINAL AT OPEN FIELD OF PRIVATE PROPERTY IN HOLLIDAY, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE SAME OPEN FIELD IN THE PRIVATE PROPERTY IN HOLLIDAY, TX WHOSE OWNER IS A FRIEND OF THE PILOT ON AUGUST 6, 2023 AT 1958 CDT.

## 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 CEN23LA351](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA351), Aug 7, 2023: Taylorcraft F21 (N2005J), Holliday, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined, which resulted in impact with terrain.

## Other reports on N2005J (1)

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

- [Accident 19991201037199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991201037199A), Dec 1, 1999: Tcraft F21 (N2005J), Houlton, WI, Substantial damage. (.19) On December 1, 1999, at 1105 central standard time, a Taylorcraft F-21, N2005J, was substantially damaged during an emergency landing in a farm field…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.