Piper PA 12 N2507M

Summary

On 1 September 2014 at about 22:45 local time, a Piper PA 12 registered N2507M was involved in an accident near Talkeetna, 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

1 September 2014 at 22:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Talkeetna, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

62.5672, -149.7767

Aircraft

Piper PA 12

Registration

N2507M

Category

Airplane

Year built

1946

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Palmer → Talkeetna

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC14CA072

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, resulting in a runway excursion and collision with trees.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was landing a tailwheel-equipped airplane, at an off-airport site, which required a correction for an 8 knot, left quartering crosswind. During touchdown, the airplane bounced, and he attempted to recover, but the airplane drifted to the left. The pilot reported that he applied full engine power to abort the landing, but the airplane subsequently collided with a stand of alder trees at the end of the site, and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and left wing. The pilot reported there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.