# Accident 19791021030509A: Piper PA12, Long Rapids, MI, October 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Long Rapids, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1258° N, 83.7225° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1258&lon=-83.7225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98967, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98967-1985-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 486 total, 452 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEM04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791021030509A

## Narrative

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

LIFTED OFF FROM SHORT GRASS STRIP.MADE VERTICAL CLIMB.ACFT STALLED,HIT GROUND IN LEVEL FLITE.RWY HIGH GRASS,UPHILL.

## 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 CHI80FEM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEM04), Oct 21, 1979: Piper PA-12 (N98967), Long Rapids, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N98967 (1)

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

- [Accident 19840812039779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840812039779A), Aug 12, 1984: Piper PA12 (N98967), Alpena, MI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. After repeated stalls with recovery near lake surface aircraft stalled and spun into trees. Aircraft out of annual.

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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