# Accident 19840918049699A: Piper PA12, Dadina Lake, AK, September 18, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1984, 10:00 local time
- Place: Dadina Lake, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N3269M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3269M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 61 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC84LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840918049699A

## Narrative

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

NO WITNESSES TO CRASH. FOUND PLANE UPSIDE DOWN IN LAKE. PILOT DID NOT HOLD SEAPLANE RATING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC84LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA185), Sep 18, 1984: Piper PA-12 (N3269M), Dadina Lake, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N3269M (1)

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

- [Incident 19790919023899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790919023899I), Sep 19, 1979: Piper PA12 (N3269M), Mccarthy, AK, Minor damage. Pilot losing power landed on mountain top plateau. No cause for the engine problem could be found.

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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