# NTSB ANC00LA097: Taylorcraft F-19, N3569T, Port Alsworth, AK, August 12, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 12, 2000, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC) - Place: Port Alsworth, AK - Coordinates: 60.19992, -154.280715 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.1999&lon=-154.2807&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 18, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 50976 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC00LA097 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50976/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA097 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to touchdown at the proper point on the landing area. Factors associated with this accident were the rough landing area, and the brush along the gravel bar. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor) - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause) - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor) - Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown ## Analysis The pilot said he was landing on a 500 feet long by 60 feet wide gravel bar. He indicated that the airplane touched down short of the normal landing area, the left wheel landed in a hole which he had not seen, and the left wing contacted a brush pile. The airplane nosed over, and sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, right front lift strut, and left wing. ## Factual narrative On August 12, 2000, about 1300 Alaska daylight time, a tundra tire equipped Taylorcraft F-19 airplane, N3569T, sustained substantial damage when it nosed over during landing at an off airport landing site on the Mulchatna River, Alaska, about 70 miles west of Port Alsworth, Alaska, at 59 degrees, 55 minutes north latitude, 156 degrees, 30 minutes west longitude. The solo airline transport pilot was not injured. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91, and departed Port Alsworth about 1200 for the accident site. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan was filed. The pilot told the NTSB investigator-in-charge (IIC), during a telephone interview on August 13, that he was landing to the west on the 500 feet long by 60 feet wide gravel bar. He indicated that the airplane touched down short of the normal landing area, the left wheel landed in a hole which he had not seen, and the left wing contacted a brush pile. The airplane nosed over, and sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, right front lift strut, and left wing. He said he had flown to the site one time previously. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3569T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3569T), registered now, S/N F-030 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Taylorcraft F-19 - Registry model: [Taylorcraft F19](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-f19) (registry code 8850904) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: F-030 - Airframe hours: 1279 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-A2B 160 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Gladys Justeson; Monte R. Ford - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, August 4, 1999, 24 hours before - Departed: Z30, AK - Destination: MULCHATNA RIVER, AK ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 31; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 10,700 total, 460 in this make and model, 9,200 as pilot in command, 250 in the last 90 days, 130 in the last 30 days, 8 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 360° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken - Temperature: 61 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20000812042429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000812042429A), Aug 12, 2000: Tcraft F19, Port Alsworth, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot stated that he was landing to the south-southwest on a 500 feet long by 60 feet wide gravel bar. He indicated that the airplane touched down… 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. --- 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.