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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-12 · Mccarthy, AK · September 19, 1979

Date: September 19, 1979 · 18:00 local
Place: Mccarthy, AK
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3269M
Reported as: Piper PA12
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 888 total130 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N3269MRegistered now · Piper PA-12S/N 12-2127 · Built 1947 Airframe modelPiper PA-12 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot losing power landed on mountain top plateau. No cause for the engine problem could be found.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOSING POWER LANDED ON MOUNTAIN TOP PLATEAU. NO CAUSE FOR THE ENGINE PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND.

Other reports on N3269M · 1

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

Accident 19840918049699ADadina Lake, AKNo witnesses to crash. Found plane upside down in lake. Pilot did not hold seaplane rating.Sep 18, 1984 · Substantial damage