# Accident 19731230039959A: Piper PA12, Anchorage, AK, December 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1973
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3029M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3029M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 801 total, 288 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74DAG83](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG83) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731230039959A

## Narrative

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

ACFT COLLIDED WITH UNMARKED WIRES APPROX 2500FT FROM RWY. NR 2 ON APCH.

## 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 ANC74DAG83](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG83), Dec 30, 1973: Piper PA-12 (N3029M), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3029M (1)

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

- [Accident 20040416006369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040416006369A), Apr 16, 2004: Piper PA12 (N3029M), Copper Center, OK, Substantial damage. (-23) On Friday, April 16th, 2004, approximately at 12:30PM Alaska daylight saving time, Piper PA-12 (N3029M s/n 12-1720) airplane was involved in an accident.…

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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