# Accident 19730823028919A: Piper PA12, Kenai, AK, August 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1973
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 60.5618° N, 151.2105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenai, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5618&lon=-151.2105&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4362M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 486 total, 475 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74DAG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG25-201628) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730823028919A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH BRUSH.SETTLED ONTO RWY.

## 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 ANC74DAG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG25-201628), Aug 23, 1973: Piper PA-12 (N4362M), Kenai, AK, substantial damage

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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