# Accident 19770712023439A: Piper PA12, Slop Bucket Lk, AK, July 12, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1977
- Place: Slop Bucket Lk, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Aircraft: N3992M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3992M) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,125 total, 55 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC77DAG84](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAG84) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770712023439A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQPD.HIT DIKE.WIND CHANGED.

## 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 ANC77DAG84](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAG84), Jul 12, 1977: Piper PA-12 (N3992M), Slop Bucket Lk, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3992M (2)

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

- [Incident 19881206069579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881206069579I), Dec 6, 1988: Piper PA12 (N3992M), Hidden Lake, AK, Minor damage. Taxiing for takeoff on ice covered lake. Ski broke through ice. Pilot thought ice was thick enough.
- [Accident 19860125001259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860125001259A), Jan 25, 1986: Piper PA12 (N3992M), Soldotna, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control while landing on a frozen lake and collided with a row of trees.

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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