# Incident 19781124025639I: Piper PA12, Anchorage, AK, November 24, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 1978, 11:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2826M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2826M-2013-02-21) (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: 270 total, 160 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781124025639I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER DURING LANDING ON FROZEN LAKE COVERED WITH DEEP SNOW.

## Other reports on N2826M (1)

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

- [Accident 19830402010619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830402010619A), Apr 2, 1983: Piper STCPA12 (N2826M), Glennallen, AK, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Modified aircraft was seen to pull up vertically from a low pass. Stalled and spun in. Out of annual, over gross wt.

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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