# Incident 19810509030549I: Piper PA12, Worcester, MA, May 9, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1981, 14:30 local time
- Place: Worcester, MA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2626° N, 71.8023° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Worcester, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2626&lon=-71.8023&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2705M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2705M-2013-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 93 total, 65 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810509030549I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD CAUSING GROUND LOOP. MINOR RIGHT WINGTIP DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N2705M (1)

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

- [Accident 19820802034069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820802034069A), Aug 2, 1982: Piper STCPA12 (N2705M), Long Branch, NJ, Destroyed. Ditched in the ocean after the engine quit running. Had been towing banners for almost 5 hours without refueling.

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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