- Date
- May 20, 1986, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2002VTaylorcraft TC-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860520019049A
- Case key
- 4663
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
Aircraft handling - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Level off - improperCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot stalled the acft during approach to a gravel bar and made a hard landing. The plt said that he needed to improve his proficiency at slow flying.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2002V
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft TC-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 142
- Airframe hours
- 411
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward O. Bulter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 4, 1985
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
N2002VRegistered now · Taylorcraft F19Airframe modelTaylorcraft F19Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 500 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 19 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.