19830720061729I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-12 · Skwentna, AK · July 20, 1983

Date: July 20, 1983 · 19:30 local
Place: Skwentna, AK
Airport: Talchulitna River
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3838M
Reported as: Piper PA12
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 450 total420 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

N3838MRegistered now · Piper PA-12S/N 12-2759 Airframe modelPiper PA-12 Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Aborted takeoff. While turning around in tall grass struck a stump and broke the landing gear off.

As the FAA filed it

ABORTED TAKEOFF. WHILE TURNING AROUND IN TALL GRASS STRUCK A STUMP AND BROKE THE LANDING GEAR OFF.

Other reports on N3838M · 1

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

Incident 19840916057239ITakeoff Ground Roll · Anchorage, AKDuring takeoff from sand bar aircraft sank and landing gear hit stump causing right gear to fold.Sep 16, 1984 · Minor damage