# NTSB ANC08CA005: Taylorcraft F-19, N6628N, Wasilla, AK, October 20, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 20, 2007, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Coordinates: 61.6169444444444, -149.324722222222
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6169&lon=-149.3247&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 20, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: Anchorage FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66933
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC08CA005
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66933/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA005

## Probable cause

The flight instructor's delayed remedial action during the takeoff roll, which resulted in an overrun during an aborted takeoff, and a collision with trees.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, takeoff - aborted
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - performed, dual student
- In flight collision with object, takeoff - aborted
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

The certificated flight instructor (CFI) was providing primary flight instruction to a student pilot in a tailwheel-equipped airplane under Title 14, CFR Part 91. The CFI reported that during the takeoff roll from a 1,700 foot-long, gravel and turf-covered airstrip, the student pilot aborted the takeoff after he sensed that airplane would not clear a stand of trees at the end of the airstrip. The CFI said that the student pilot closed the engine throttle and applied heavy braking, but the airplane continued into an overrun area that contained a parked airplane. In an attempt to regain rudder authority and avoid colliding with the parked airplane, the student pilot applied full engine power, and the airplane inadvertently became airborne.  The airplane veered to the right and the right wing struck a tree.  The airplane sustained structural damage to the wings, fuselage, and horizontal stabilizer. The CFI said that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane, and that the decision to abort the takeoff should have been made sooner.

## Factual narrative

The certificated flight instructor (CFI) was providing primary flight instruction to a student pilot in a tailwheel-equipped airplane under Title 14, CFR Part 91. The CFI reported that during the takeoff roll from a 1,700 foot-long, gravel and turf-covered airstrip, the student pilot aborted the takeoff after he sensed that airplane would not clear a stand of trees at the end of the airstrip. The CFI said that the student pilot closed the engine throttle and applied heavy braking, but the airplane continued into an overrun area that contained a parked airplane. In an attempt to regain rudder authority and avoid colliding with the parked airplane, the student pilot applied full engine power, and the airplane inadvertently became airborne.  The airplane veered to the right and the right wing struck a tree.  The airplane sustained structural damage to the wings, fuselage, and horizontal stabilizer. The CFI said that there were no preaccident mechanical anomalies with the airplane, and that the decision to abort the takeoff should have been made sooner.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6628N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6628N-2018-01-25), registration cancelled 2018-01-25, S/N 4-13028, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Taylorcraft F-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: 4-13028
- Airframe hours: 3999.5
- Engines: Lycoming O-235 118 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: R. J. Kirton
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 2006, 15.1 hours before
- Departed: 55AK, Wasilla, AK
- Destination: 55AK, Wasilla, AK
- Airport: 55AK, Lawrence Airstrip, runway 22, 1,700 × 25 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor; age 55; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review July 1, 2006; seat: right; flight hours: 5,644 total, 200 in this make and model, 5,557 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days
- Student pilot; age 59; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 183 total, 183 in this make and model, 153 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 50 statute miles

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.

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