# Incident 19810713043799I: Piper PA12, Kotzebue, AK, July 13, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1981, 19:52 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Kotzebue
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 66.8868° N, 162.4917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kotzebue, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8868&lon=-162.4917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4322M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4322M) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,070 total, 1,070 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810713043799I

## Narrative

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

ZG RIGHT AXLE BROKE ON TAKE OFF DUE OLD FATIGUE CRACKS. ON LANDING AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED BOUNCED AND DAMAGED SKIN.

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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