# Accident 19880816033509A: Piper PA12, Georges Mills, NH, August 16, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1988, 08:15 local time
- Place: Georges Mills, NH
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4317° N, 72.0673° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Georges Mills, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4317&lon=-72.0673&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2906M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2906M) (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 O320A2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 450 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880816033509A

## Narrative

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

ROUGH WATER TAKEOFF IN GUSTY WIND. STALLED ON CLIMBOUT CRASHED INVERTED INTO LAKE.

## 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 NYC88LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA219), Aug 16, 1988: Piper PA-12 (N2906M), Georges Mills, NH, substantial damage

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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