Piper PA-12 accidents

The NTSB database holds 813 accidents and incidents involving the Piper PA-12, recorded between 1964 to 2026. 91 of them were fatal (11%), and 142 people died.

The deadliest year was 1974, with 8 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (187 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Canada and Unknown/Not Reported.

53 of these records cannot be placed at all, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

For 421 of them the NTSB recorded no coordinates, so their position on the map is approximate.

813

Records

Fatal

142

Deaths

11%

Share fatal

1964 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 760 of 813 can be placed (421 approximate)

By decade

1960s 181

1970s 214

1980s 127

1990s 111

2000s 80

2010s 62

2020s 38

Where these happened

United States 809 Canada 3 Unknown/Not Reported 1

Operators involved

Paramount Air Service Inc. 3 Air Rangers, In 2 Aerial Adverti 2 Joseph Cook 2 Sky Signs, Inc. 2 Letourneau COL 1

All 813 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
30 May 1965	Piper PA-12 N3413M	Neptune Nj, New Jersey, United States approximate position	Neptune FLG CL	No injuries	-
25 May 1965	Piper PA-12 N3231M	Wheatland Wyo, Wyoming, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
23 May 1965	Piper PA-12 N4454M	Baltimore Md, Maryland, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
13 May 1965	Piper PA-12 N2302M	Bennington Vt, Vermont, United States approximate position	-	Minor injuries	-
1 May 1965	Piper PA-12 N98955	Chamblee Ga, Georgia, United States approximate position	-	Minor injuries	-
28 Apr 1965	Piper PA-12 N3185M	Negaunee Mich, Michigan, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
18 Apr 1965	Piper PA-12 N3814M	Rimrock Ariz, Arizona, United States approximate position	-	Minor injuries	-
16 Mar 1965	Piper PA-12 N2467M	Brownsville Tex, Texas, United States approximate position	-	Minor injuries	-
19 Feb 1965	Piper PA-12 N7712H	Dawson Ga, Georgia, United States approximate position	-	Serious injuries	-
7 Feb 1965	Piper PA-12 N4053H	Alpine Calif, California, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
5 Jan 1965	Piper PA-12 N4427M	Bay Shore Ny, New York, United States approximate position	-	Serious injuries	-
21 Nov 1964	Piper PA-12 N3889M	Atchison Kan, Kansas, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
6 Feb 1964	Piper PA-12 N4054M	Bolivar Pa, Pennsylvania, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-