- Date
- May 16, 2022, 16:20 local (May 17, 2022, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N927APTaylorcraft F19
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern base: Loss of engine power (partial)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220516007279A
- Case key
- 105094
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
A loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined due to a lack of available evidence.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings.
Analysis
The flight instructor reported that while on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern, after carburetor heat was applied, she “heard a noise,” followed by a decrease in engine power. She attempted to apply full throttle, but the engine did not respond. Unable to reach the runway, and in an effort to avoid rocks and debris on a nearby beach, she elected to land on adjacent mud flats. During the landing, the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The instructor and student were able to egress the airplane, but the wreckage could not be secured before it was washed into the bay during rising tides. Due to the wreckage not being recovered, the reason for the power loss could not be determined.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N927AP
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft F19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- F-109
- Built
- 1978
- Airframe hours
- 3,853.1
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A66B, 100 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 4, 2021
- Departed
- PANC · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- Z40 · Goose Bay, runway 26, 3,000 × 75 ft, gravel
- Equipment
- Unknown
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 87
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 10, 2020
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 34,175 total · 3,800 in this make and model · 20,000 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 15, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 52 total · 2 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.64 inHg
- Observed at
- PANC, 15 nm away
- METAR
- PANC 170053Z 00000KT 10SM FEW070 BKN090 BKN160 13/00 A2964 RMK AO2 SLP037 VIRGA DSNT N-E T01330000
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 22, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.