# Incident 19810906055389I: Piper PA12, Naknek, AK, September 6, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1981, 16:20 local time
- Place: Naknek, AK
- Airport: Naknek
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.7347° N, 157.0252° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAKNEK (5NK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.7347&lon=-157.0252&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9046R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9046R) (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 O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,310 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810906055389I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIING AIRCRAFT HAD BRAKE FAIL. STRUCK A PARKED AIRCRAFT, BOTH WERE DESTROYED BY FIRE. BRAKE PROBLEM UNKNOWN

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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