# Incident 19790613015559I: Piper PA12, Lopez Island, WA, June 13, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1979, 10:30 local time
- Place: Lopez Island, WA
- Airport: Wind Sock
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5415° N, 122.8874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINDSOCK (4WA4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5415&lon=-122.8874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3438M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3438M) (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: 640 total, 50 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/19790613015559I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN COLLAPSED DURING TAKEOFF DUE TO BROKEN METAL SUPPORT STRAP AT THE LOWER END OF THE SHOCK STRUT.

## Other reports on N3438M (1)

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

- [Accident 19870705032139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870705032139A), Jul 5, 1987: Piper PA12 (N3438M), Hailey, ID, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the runway into a fence. Winds were reported as widely variable.

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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