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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-12 · Quincy, IN · May 2, 1982

Date: May 2, 1982 · 19:30 local
Place: Quincy, IN
Airport: Private
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N7606H
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI82DA152
Reported as: Piper PA12
Reported engine: Lycoming O290D2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,947 total4 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N7606HRegistration cancelled Jun 26, 1989 · Piper PA-12S/N 12481 Airframe modelPiper PA-12

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What happened

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

Allowed a wing to dip into trees on low final for Private strip. Crash landed and nosed over 300 feet from runway.

As the FAA filed it

ALLOWED A WING TO DIP INTO TREES ON LOW FINAL FOR PRIVATE STRIP. CRASH LANDED AND NOSED OVER 300 FEET FROM RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI82DA152Accident · Minor injuriesFinal reportQuincy, INDuring a pleasure flight, the pilot elected to make an approach to a new runway that he was building. His approach was made from west to east; the wind was reported to be from the north at 7 KTS. The pilot stated that he throttled the engine back to a normal…May 3, 1982 · Substantial damage