Piper PA-12 N2945M
29 May 2006 · Wasilla, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 29 May 2006 at about 00:00 local time, a Piper PA-12 registered N2945M, operated by Robbie D. Speer, was involved in an accident near Wasilla, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 00:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Wasilla, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- 61.7775, -149.3992
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-12
- Registration
- N2945M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Robbie D. Speer
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Wasilla → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ANC06CA065
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for a tailwind during the landing flare, which resulted in an in-flight collision with snow-covered terrain during an aborted landing. Factors contributing to the accident were a tailwind and rising terrain.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The commercial certificated pilot was landing at a remote site on a CFR Part 91 personal flight. His intended landing area was about 600 feet long and 70 feet wide, and consisted of slightly rising grass-covered terrain. Areas of snow were along the left side of the landing area. The pilot said the wind conditions were calm during the approach, but as he flared for the touch down, a quartering tailwind resulted in a slight bounce. He added full engine power to abort the landing, but the airplane settled to the ground once again, collided with an area of snow along the left side, and nosed over. The airplane received structural damage to the left wing, both wing lift struts, and the rudder.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-12 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jul 2006 | Piper PA-12 | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | Albert R. Kito | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jun 2006 | Piper PA-12 | Cooper Landing, Alaska, United States | Michael T. Lawler | Fatal | 1 |
| 22 Sep 2006 | Piper PA-12 | Orient, Maine, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 17 Sep 2006 | Piper PA-12 | Soldotna, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Aug 2006 | Piper PA-12 | Coldfoot, Alaska, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 11 Sep 2006 | Piper PA-12 | Noatak, Alaska, United States | Kenneth D. Ubben | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Aug 2006 | Eurocopter France AS350 B2 | Nuiqsut, Alaska, United States | Prism Helicopters Ltd | Fatal | 1 |
| 1 Mar 2006 | Douglas DC-3 | Beluga, Alaska, United States | Transnorthern Aviation Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jul 2006 | Piper PA-31 | Fairbanks, Alaska, United States | Everts Air Alaska | No injuries | - |
| 19 Aug 2006 | Piper PA-16 | Chugiak, Alaska, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 9 May 2006 | Lanford ANTARES MA-33 | Trapper Creek, Alaska, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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