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FAA incident report · Piper PA-12 · Bethel, AK · March 7, 1985

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Date
March 7, 1985 · 10:07 local
Place
Bethel, AK
Airport
Bethel
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N92576
Reported as
Piper PA12
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total1,000 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days
N92576Registered now · Piper PA-12S/N 12-106 · Built 1946Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Experienced sinking effect which caused ski to strike trees. Aircraft went onto nose on landing, broken ski cable.

As the FAA filed it

EXPERIENCED SINKING EFFECT WHICH CAUSED SKI TO STRIKE TREES. AIRCRAFT WENT ONTO NOSE ON LANDING, BROKEN SKI CABLE.