# Incident 19800907081949I: Piper PA12, Fairbanks, AK, September 7, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1980, 16:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2930M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2930M) (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: 2,950 total, 250 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/19800907081949I

## Narrative

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

FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED, PILOT APPLIED POWER, NO RESPONSE. AIRCRAFT DAMAGED IN LANDING ON SAND BAR.

## Other reports on N2930M (1)

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

- [Accident 19881125053259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881125053259A), Nov 25, 1988: Piper PA12 (N2930M), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Struck trees and crashed during landing approach. Expired medical and 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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