# NTSB ANC01LA040: Taylorcraft 19, N22N, Salcha, AK, March 4, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 4, 2001, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC) - Place: Salcha, AK - Coordinates: 64.425003, -146.899993 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.4250&lon=-146.9000&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 6, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: FAA-AL-FAI FSDO 01 - NTSB case key (mKey): 51878 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC01LA040 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/51878/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA040 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to compensate for a tailwind during takeoff, and his delay in aborting the takeoff. Factors in the accident were a tailwind, and snow-covered terrain. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, takeoff - aborted - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor) - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - abort - delayed, pilot in command (cause) - Nose over, takeoff - aborted - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor) ## Analysis The private certificated pilot was departing a private airstrip in a wheel-equipped airplane. The snow-covered airstrip, oriented north/south, was 2,000 feet long, and 20 feet wide. The pilot said he began his takeoff roll toward the south, but the airplane had not become airborne by the time the airplane had traveled about two thirds of the airstrip's length. The pilot said he aborted the takeoff, but he could not stop the airplane before it went off the end of the airstrip into deep snow. The airplane nosed over and received damage to the vertical stabilizer, the rudder, the left wing lift strut, and the right wingtip. After the accident, the pilot said he noticed a 5 to 7 mph tailwind from the northeast. ## Factual narrative On March 4, 2001, about 1730 Alaska standard time, a wheel equipped Taylorcraft 19 airplane, N22N, sustained substantial damage during an aborted takeoff from a private airstrip about 2 1/2 miles southeast of Salcha, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal flight when the accident occurred. The airplane was operated by the pilot. The private certificated pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC), on March 5, 2001, the pilot reported that he has a private airstrip at Hartman Lake. He flew to the lake earlier in the day to improve the snow-covered airstrip, and was departing when the accident occurred. The airstrip, oriented north/south, is 2,000 feet long, and 20 feet wide. The pilot said he began his takeoff roll toward the south, but the airplane had not become airborne by the time the airplane had traveled about two thirds of the airstrip's length. The pilot said he aborted the takeoff, but he could not stop the airplane before it went off the end of the airstrip into deep snow. The airplane nosed over and received damage to the vertical stabilizer, the rudder, the left wing lift strut, and the right wingtip. After the accident, the pilot said he noticed a 5 to 7 mph tailwind from the northeast. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N22N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22N-2002-06-06), registration cancelled 2002-06-06, S/N 4-13022, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Taylorcraft 19 - Registry model: [Taylorcraft 19](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-19) (registry code 8850902) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 4-13022 - Engines: CONTINENTAL C-85 85 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: James F. Schaff - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: Salcha, AK - Destination: 95Z, NORTH POLE, AK - Airport: Hartman Lake Strip, runway 18, 2,000 × 20 ft ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 53; injuries: none; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review December 6, 2000; seat: left; flight hours: 815 total, 12 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 45° at 7 knots - Visibility: 20 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 28 °F - Altimeter: 29.70 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 20010304003079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010304003079A), Mar 4, 2001: Tcraft 19, Salcha, AK, No damage. (-23) On March 4, 2001 at about 1730 local fairbanks, Alaska time, mr shaffattempted to depart in a wheel equipped Tcraft 19-19 N22N, from his plowed ice strip… ## Other investigations on N22N (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 ATL81DID03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DID03), Dec 4, 1980: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N22N), Scottsville, VA, substantial damage 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.