- Date
- September 8, 1985, 10:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3588TTaylorcraft 19
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850908073999A
- Case key
- 4580
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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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - cloudsCause
Preflight planning/preparation - improperCause
Underconfidence in personal abilityFactor
Weather condition - low ceilingCause
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Self-induced pressureFactor
Weather evaluation - inadequateCause
Pressure induced by othersFactor
Judgment - poorCause
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with object
Analysis
The pilot stated that after he recovered from the spiral theaircraft struck the tree tops. At the time of the accident the weather was below VFR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3588T
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft 19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- F-059
- Airframe hours
- 760
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Don Richard Deitz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 22, 1985 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- Coal Lake, AK
- Destination
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
N3588TRegistration cancelled Jul 8, 2013 · Taylorcraft F19Airframe modelTaylorcraft F19Engine modelContinental 0-200 series
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 152 total · 152 in this make and model · 152 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.