# Accident 19760615016599A: Piper PA12, Paxson, AK, June 15, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1976
- Place: Paxson, AK
- Airport: Paxson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 63.0246° N, 145.5006° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAXSON (PXK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.0246&lon=-145.5006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3229M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3229M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 758 total, 178 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76DAA41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAA41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760615016599A

## Narrative

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

HIT BRUSH

## 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 ANC76DAA41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAA41), Jun 15, 1976: Piper PA-12 (N3229M), Paxson, 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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