# NTSB ANC93LA119: Taylorcraft TC19, N3541T, Resurrect'N Bay, AK, July 14, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 14, 1993, 14:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Resurrect'N Bay, AK
- Coordinates: 60.049133, -149.32965 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0491&lon=-149.3296&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 20, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 2381
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC93LA119
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/2381/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA119

## Probable cause

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL UPON LANDING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - roll
  - precautionary landing - intentional, pilot in command
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON BEACH TO DETERMINE SOURCE OF COCKPIT FUMES.  UPON LANDING ON BEACH, ADEQUATE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS NOT MAINTAINED AND THE AIRCRAFT DRAGGED A WING IN THE WATER AND NOSED OVER.

## Factual narrative

On July 14, 1993, at approximately 1415 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Taylorcraft TC-19 airplane, N3541T, crashed while attempting a precautionary landing on the beach in Resurrection Bay 15 miles south of Seward, Alaska.  The private pilot and the one passenger had departed Merrill Field in Anchorage, Alaska at approximately 1900.  The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91, in visual meteorological conditions.  The occupants were not injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage.  No flight plan was filed and no weather briefing was obtained.

The pilot, a recent graduate from the US Air Force Academy, said that he "smelled fumes in the cockpit and made a precautionary landing on the beach."  He said that during roll out, the left wheel caught in the water and "it dragged me left and turned me over."  Both the pilot and the passenger were on a cross-country flight from Colorado Springs, with stops in Northway and Anchorage.

Structural damage was limited to the wings and landing gear assembly.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3541T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3541T), registered now, S/N F-001, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT TC19
- 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: 001
- Airframe hours: 480
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Wolcott, Andrew K.
- Registered owner: Wolcott, Kent K.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 11, 1993, 65 hours before
- Departed: MRI, ANCHORAGE, AK
- Destination: HOM, HOMER, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 654 total, 286 in this make and model, 530 as pilot in command, 100 in the last 90 days, 75 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F

## 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 19930714023479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930714023479A), Jul 14, 1993: Tcraft F19, Seward, AK, Substantial damage. Smelled fumes. Landed on a beach. Wheel caught surf. Aircraft nosed over.

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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