# NTSB ANC85LAG03: Taylorcraft 19, N3588T, Anchorage, AK, September 8, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 8, 1985, 10:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.159217, -149.989669 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1592&lon=-149.9897&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4580
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC85LAG03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4580/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LAG03

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - weather condition - clouds (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - underconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - self-induced pressure, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather evaluation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - pressure induced by others, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, maneuvering

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3588T-2013-07-08), registration cancelled 2013-07-08, S/N F-059, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Taylorcraft 19
- Registry model: [Taylorcraft F19](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylorcraft-f19) (registry code 8850904) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: F-059
- Airframe hours: 760
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850908073999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850908073999A), Sep 8, 1985: Tcraft STCF19, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Entered a diving spiral while trying to climb in clouds. Recovered below tops of trees. Wing struck a tree.

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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