# Accident 19800619022879A: Piper PA12, Pasco, WA, June 19, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 1980, 06:51 local time
- Place: Pasco, WA
- Airport: Tri Cities
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2649° N, 119.1194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRI-CITIES (PSC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2649&lon=-119.1194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3309M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3309M) (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: 321 total, 14 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80DYP24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYP24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800619022879A

## Narrative

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

RELAXED BACK PRESSURE ON CONTROL ON LANDING. TAIL CAME UP. LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. GROUND-LOOPED.

## 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 SEA80DYP24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYP24), Jun 19, 1980: Piper PA-12 (N3309M), Pasco, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3309M (1)

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

- [Incident 19830805062409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830805062409I), Aug 5, 1983: Piper PA12 (N3309M), Rock Springs, WY, Minor damage. Landed hard. Bounced. Lost directional control of aircraft.

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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