# Accident 19800904041789A: Piper PA12, Copper Center, AK, September 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1980, 10:00 local time
- Place: Copper Center, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.0081° N, 145.3927° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Copper Center, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.0081&lon=-145.3927&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3322M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3322M-1989-03-08) (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: 560 total, 339 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAH12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAH12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800904041789A

## Narrative

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

FLYING LOW AND SLOW OVER DEAD CARIBOU. STALLED AIRCRAFT. TOO LOW TO RECOVER BEFORE GROUND IMPACT.

## 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 ANC80DAH12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAH12), Sep 4, 1980: Piper PA-12 (N3322M), Copper Center, AK, substantial damage

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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