# Accident 19800216003689A: Piper PA12, Skwentna, AK, February 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1980, 13:00 local time
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.9903° N, 151.3978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Skwentna, AK, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.9903&lon=-151.3978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98994, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98994) (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: 1,120 total, 751 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAG29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800216003689A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT OVER TREES AFTER DEPARTING FROZEN LAKE. TRIED TO RETURN TO LAKE, HIT TREES. FOUND WATER IN FUEL.

## 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 ANC80DAG29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG29), Feb 16, 1980: Piper PA-12 (N98994), Skwentna, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N98994 (1)

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

- [Accident 19900729029109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900729029109A), Jul 29, 1990: Piper PA12 (N98994), Kustatan River, AK, Substantial damage. While taxiing to park after landing on gravel bar tried to avoid a hole. Hit brakes and nosed over.

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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