# Incident 19810704037949I: Piper PA12, Denton, NC, July 4, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1981, 16:53 local time
- Place: Denton, NC
- Airport: Denton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6380° N, 80.1102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denton, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6380&lon=-80.1102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7955H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7955H) (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: 182 total, 171 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810704037949I

## Narrative

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

LANDED LONG ON DOWNHILL RUNWAY. RAN OFF DEPARTURE END.   .

## Other reports on N7955H (1)

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

- [Accident 20230922014809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230922014809A), Sep 22, 2023: Piper PA-12 (N7955H), Eatonville, WA, Substantial damage. Pilot was taking off to the north on runway 34. As the pilot lifted of the runway, he was hit by a gust of wind that picked up the left wing which caused the…

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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