# Incident 19790919023899I: Piper PA12, Mccarthy, AK, September 19, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1979, 18:00 local time
- Place: Mccarthy, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4333° N, 142.9217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McCarthy, AK, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4333&lon=-142.9217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3269M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3269M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 888 total, 130 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/19790919023899I

## Narrative

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

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 19840918049699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840918049699A), Sep 18, 1984: Piper PA12 (N3269M), Dadina Lake, AK, Substantial damage. No witnesses to crash. Found plane upside down in lake. Pilot did not hold seaplane rating.

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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