# Accident 19730812029589A: Piper PA12, Port Lions, AK, August 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1973
- Place: Port Lions, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 57.8670° N, 152.8562° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Lions, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.8670&lon=-152.8562&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4008M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4008M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 97 total, 85 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74DAG19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730812029589A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

No narrative was filed.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC74DAG19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG19), Aug 12, 1973: Piper PA-12 (N4008M), Port Lions, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4008M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830923067939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830923067939A), Sep 23, 1983: Piper PA12 (N4008M), Wasilla, AK, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climb after takeoff and crash occurred during emergency landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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