Piper PA-12 N4433M

Summary

On 19 October 1983 at about 00:07 local time, a Piper PA-12 registered N4433M, operated by Daniel I. O'hoyt, was involved in an incident near Anchorage, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 October 1983 at 00:07

Classification

Incident

Location

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Lake Hood (Z41)

Coordinates

61.1809, -149.8790

Aircraft

Piper PA-12

Registration

N4433M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Daniel I. O'hoyt

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC84IA009

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT REPORTED THE FLOATS HAD JUST BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ACFT & THAT HE MADE THIS FLT TO REFAMILIARIZE HIMSELF WITH FLYING IT WITH WHEELS AGAIN. AFTER MAKING ABOUT 10 TOUCH-GO-GO LANDINGS, THE PLT ELECTED TO MAKE A FULL STOP LANDING. HE REPORTED THAT AFTER LANDING, THE ACFT HAD ROLL APRX 300 FT WITH THE TAIL ON THE GROUND WHEN THE MAIN WHEELS FELT LIKE THEY WERE DIGGING IN THE GRAVEL RWY. HE APPLIED POWER & TRIED TO CORRECT THE SITUATION, BUT THE ACFT CONTINUED TO NOSE OVER. IN HIS ACCIDENT REPORT, THE PLT DID NOT INDICATE TO WHAT EXTENT THAT HE USED BRAKING ACTION. THE ACFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH OVER SIZED TIRES. ANOTHER PLT, WHO LANDED AFTER THE MISHAP, REPORTED THAT THE GRAVEL ON THE RWY AFFECTED HIS ACFT BY CAUSING IT TO VEER SLIGHTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.