# NTSB ANC99LA063: Taylorcraft F-19, N3585T, Anchorage, AK, May 19, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 19, 1999, 14:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.160709, -149.98944 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1607&lon=-149.9894&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 21, 2000
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 46395
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC99LA063
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/46395/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA063

## Probable cause

The pilot misjudging the taxi clearance between the airplane's wingtip and the parked vehicle.

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - object - vehicle
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The pilot was taxiing on a 28 feet wide, uncontrolled, asphalt, shared road/taxiway.  She attempted to taxi past a pickup truck that was parked on the edge of the road.  The pilot said that she saw the truck, but misjudged the clearance from the airplane's left wing.  The left wing contacted the truck, the airplane spun around, and the airplane dropped into a 2 feet deep ditch next to the road.  The pilot said there were no anomalies with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

On May 19, 1999, at 1430 Alaska daylight time, a Taylorcraft F-19 airplane, N3585T, sustained substantial damage when it collided with a parked vehicle while taxiing for takeoff at the Lake Hood Strip, Anchorage, Alaska.  The solo private pilot was not injured.  The airplane was operated under 14 CFR Part 91 as a personal flight to the pilot's cabin on Flathorn Lake, Alaska.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan was filed.

The pilot told the NTSB investigator-in-charge (IIC) during an interview on May 21, and in her NTSB Pilot/Operator report, that she was taxiing from parking to the airstrip on an uncontrolled, shared, vehicle road/taxiway.  She offset to the right to avoid a pickup truck parked at the edge of the taxiway.  The road/taxiway is asphalt, 28 feet wide.  The pilot told the IIC she misjudged the clearance, and the airplane's left wingtip contacted the luggage rack of the truck.  The airplane spun around and dropped into a 2 feet deep ditch next to the road, damaging the left-rear spar.  The pilot did not describe any preaccident anomalies with the airplane.

The pickup truck was not damaged.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3585T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3585T-2022-11-05), registration cancelled 2022-11-05, S/N F-053 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Taylorcraft F-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-053
- Airframe hours: 962
- Engines: Continental O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Kathleen A. Haggstrom
- Registered owner: Kathleen & Daryl Haggstrom
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 5, 1998, 76 hours before
- Departed: Z41
- Destination: FLATHORN LAKE, AK
- Airport: Z41, Lake Hood Strip

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 364 total, 67 in this make and model, 318 as pilot in command, 26 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 50 °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 19990519021499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990519021499A), May 19, 1999: Tcraft F19, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. On may 19, 1999, at 1430 Alaska daylight time, a Taylorcraft F-19 airplane, N3585T, was substantially damaged when it collided with a parked vehicle while…

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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