# NTSB ANC03CA078: Taylorcraft F-19, N3694T, Aniak, AK, August 1, 2003 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 31, 2003, 22:00 local (Aug 1, 2003, 06:00 UTC) - Place: Aniak, AK - Coordinates: 61.713333, -158.616668 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7133&lon=-158.6167&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 25, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - NTSB case key (mKey): 57622 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC03CA078 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/57622/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03CA078 ## Probable cause The pilot's inadvertent touchdown, and failure to maintain clearance from trees during an aborted landing, which resulted in the nose over of the airplane. A factor associated with the accident was the soft terrain. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight collision with object, landing - aborted - touchdown - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause) - object - tree(s) - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - Nose over, landing - aborted - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor) ## Analysis The pilot was flying over a prospective landing site located atop a mountain ridge, when he inadvertently allowed the wheels of the airplane to touchdown. The airplane bounced, and the pilot applied full engine power in an attempt to abort the landing. During the aborted landing, the right wing struck a tree at the departure end of the site, and the airplane descended onto soft tundra. The airplane nosed over and received damage to the right wing and the right wing lift strut. The pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane. ## Factual narrative On July 31, 2003, about 2200 Alaska daylight time, a wheel-equipped Taylorcraft F-19 airplane, N3694T, sustained substantial damage when it collided with a tree and nosed over during an aborted landing at a remote off-airport site, located about 30 miles northeast of Aniak, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) cross-country personal flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The solo commercial certificated pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated at the Aniak Airport, Aniak, about 2030. During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC) on August 2, the pilot reported that while flying over a prospective landing site located atop a mountain ridge, he inadvertently allowed the wheels of the airplane to touchdown. The airplane bounced, and the pilot applied full engine power in an attempt to abort the landing. During the aborted landing, the right wing struck a tree at the departure end of the site. The airplane subsequently descended onto soft tundra and nosed over, sustaining substantial damage to the right wing and the right wing lift strut. The pilot noted that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3694T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3694T), registered now, S/N F-101, built 1977 (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-101 - Engines: Chotia O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Dennis J. Geise - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: ANI, Aniak, AK - Destination: ANI, Aniak, AK ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 32; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; flight hours: 2,100 total, 200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days, 90 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## Other investigations on N3694T (2) 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 ANC84LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA096), Jun 21, 1984: Taylorcraft F19 (N3694T), Rainbow Lake, AK, destroyed - [NTSB ANC81FAD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FAD04), Mar 19, 1981: Taylorcraft F19 (N3694T), Wht Sulphr Spg, AK, 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.