# Incident 19840916057239I: Piper PA12, Anchorage, AK, September 16, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1984, 19:57 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3838M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3838M) (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: 482 total, 475 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840916057239I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKEOFF FROM SAND BAR AIRCRAFT SANK AND LANDING GEAR HIT STUMP CAUSING RIGHT GEAR TO FOLD.

## Other reports on N3838M (1)

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

- [Incident 19830720061729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830720061729I), Jul 20, 1983: Piper PA12 (N3838M), Skwentna, AK, Minor damage. Aborted takeoff. While turning around in tall grass struck a stump and broke the landing gear off.

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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