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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-12 · Cordova, AK · August 18, 1987

Date: August 18, 1987 · 17:30 local
Place: Cordova, AK
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2785M
Reported as: Piper PA12
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 550 total250 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

N2785MRegistered now · Piper PA-12S/N 12-1164 Airframe modelPiper PA-12 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

The wind switched 180 degrees at touchdown on a gravel bar. Aircraft nosed down.

As the FAA filed it

THE WIND SWITCHED 180 DEGREES AT TOUCHDOWN ON A GRAVEL BAR. AIRCRAFT NOSED DOWN.