- Date
- June 20, 1984, 17:30 local (Jun 21, 1984, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rainbow Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3694TTaylorcraft F19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840620027379A
- Case key
- 4307
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt stated that the acft 'was sluggish getting on the step. After lift-off it still performed under par. We cleared the hills and trees. On the downside of the hill we hit a downdraft. We hit the trees nose high; climb power.' The reported wind was calm. The temperature was 84 deg. According to the plt, he was maintaining the best angle of climb speed. The water condition on the lake was reported as calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3694T
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft F19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- F101
- Airframe hours
- 1,060
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tim Veenstra
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 780 total · 52 in this make and model · 660 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 10 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3694T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.