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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-12 · New Underwood, SD · December 3, 1980

Date
December 3, 1980 · 12:00 local
Place
New Underwood, SD
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3425M
Reported as
Piper PA12
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total400 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Ski broke through hard snow causing aircraft to ground loop.

As the FAA filed it

SKI BROKE THROUGH HARD SNOW CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP.