# Incident 20250929014079I: Taylorcraft Aviation Corp F19, AK, September 29, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2025, 15:00 local time
- Place: AK
- Airport: Drift River
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5889° N, 152.1620° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DRIFT RIVER (3AK5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5889&lon=-152.1620&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3571T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3571T) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 254 total, 100 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250929014079I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ENROUTE FROM LHD TO LAKE CLARK, AK., PILOT HAD COMPLETED A COUPLE OF BEACH LANDINGS NEAR DRIFT RIVER ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE COOK INLET. AFTER A SUCESSFUL TAKEOFF FROM THE BEACH, AIRCRAFT PROCEDED SOUTH UNTIL PILOT DECIDED TO ATTEMPT A LANDING ON THE TUNDRA GRASS. INITIAL PLAN WAS TO MAKE A ROLL-ON LANDING AT SPEED TO CHECK THE FIRMNESS OF THE TUNDRA. AS THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE TUNDRA, HE STATED THAT HE FELT THE GROUND WAS FIRM ENOUGH FOR A LANDING. AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED TO A NON-FLYING SPEED, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO THE WET, SOFT TUNDRA GRASS AND SPEED DECREASED RAPIDLY AT WHICH POINT THE AIRCRAFT SUNK INTO SOFT TUNDRA GRASS AND FLIPPED OVER, COMPLETELY INVERTED. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXIST THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY AND ACTIVATE THE A/C ELT.  HE WAS RESCUED BY ALASKA STATE TROOPER HELICOPTER APPROX 4 HOURS LATER.

NTSB CLASSIFIED THIS AS AN INCIDENT DUE TO NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, HENCE NO NTSB ID NUMBER PROVIDED.

## Other reports on N3571T (2)

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

- [Incident 19880313043869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880313043869I), Mar 13, 1988: Tcraft F19 (N3571T), Palmer, AK, Minor damage. Landed on a snow covered sandbar causing minor damage to the aircraft.
- [Accident 19790601012889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790601012889A), Jun 1, 1979: Tcraft F19 (N3571T), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Stopped on taxiway. Tail into wind. Wind blew aircraft over inverted.

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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