Taylorcraft 19 N22N

Summary

On 4 March 2001 at about 21:30 local time, a Taylorcraft 19 registered N22N was involved in an accident near Salcha, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

4 March 2001 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Salcha, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Hartman Lake Strip

Coordinates

64.4250, -146.9000

Aircraft

Taylorcraft 19

Registration

N22N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Salcha → North Pole

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC01LA040

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to compensate for a tailwind during takeoff, and his delay in aborting the takeoff. Factors in the accident were a tailwind, and snow-covered terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private certificated pilot was departing a private airstrip in a wheel-equipped airplane. The snow-covered airstrip, oriented north/south, was 2,000 feet long, and 20 feet wide. The pilot said he began his takeoff roll toward the south, but the airplane had not become airborne by the time the airplane had traveled about two thirds of the airstrip's length. The pilot said he aborted the takeoff, but he could not stop the airplane before it went off the end of the airstrip into deep snow. The airplane nosed over and received damage to the vertical stabilizer, the rudder, the left wing lift strut, and the right wingtip. After the accident, the pilot said he noticed a 5 to 7 mph tailwind from the northeast.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.