- Date
- July 14, 2022, 20:30 local (Jul 15, 2022, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Louise, AK · Off airport strip
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3980TTaylorcraft F19
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing area undershoot
- 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
- FAA report
- 20220714012259A
- Case key
- 105524
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path, which resulted in a hard landing short of the airstrip.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, during a landing attempt at a remote airstrip, the airplane descended below glide path and landed short of the intended landing location in an area of uneven terrain. The airplane landed hard and sustained substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3980T
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft F19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- F-122
- Built
- 1978
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 22, 2021
- Departed
- PASP · Glacier View, AK
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Equipment
- Satellite tracking device, Handheld GPS
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 14, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 287 total · 210.5 in this make and model · 247 as pilot in command · 25.1 in the last 90 days · 25.1 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- METAR
- SA 14/07/2022 20:56-> METAR PAZK 142056Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC038 12/04 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP119 T01220039 55001=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 30, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 101 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.