Taylorcraft F19 N8216E

Summary

On 28 July 2006 at about 01:00 local time, a Taylorcraft F19 registered N8216E, operated by Leah Pagenkopf, was involved in an accident near Hoonah, Alaska, United States. 2 people were 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

28 July 2006 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Hoonah, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

58.1833, -136.0000

Aircraft

Taylorcraft F19

Registration

N8216E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Leah Pagenkopf

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gustavus → Hoonah

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC06CA106

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's delayed go-around during an aborted landing, which resulted in an in-flight loss of control and impact with terrain. A factor associated with the accident was high vegetation.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was conducting a personal cross-country flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, and landing on a grass airstrip. According to the pilot, on short final she felt she was landing short, and elected to go-around. She reported that by the time she applied power for the go-around, the tail of the airplane was "already in tall grass." She said the airplane failed to climb, and a wind from the west blew the airplane off the airstrip and into more tall grass where the airplane continued to settle, and impacted the ground. The pilot said the airplane sustained structural damage to the fuselage, horizontal stabilizer, and rudder.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.