# Accident 19881012045649A: Piper PA12, Talkeetna, AK, October 12, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1988, 19:00 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Talkeetna Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.3214° N, 150.0927° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TALKEETNA (TKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3214&lon=-150.0927&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3153M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3153M-2014-09-29) (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 O320E2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 826 total, 73 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC89FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89FA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881012045649A

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO A LAKE, DIVED VERTICALLY INTO TREES.

## 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 ANC89FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89FA009), Oct 13, 1988: Piper PA-12 (N3153M), Little Heart Lk, AK, substantial damage, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N3153M (1)

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

- [Accident 19850417015009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850417015009A), Apr 17, 1985: Piper PA12 (N3153M), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Went off side of runway, hit snow bank, nosed over. Pilot suspects passenger interference. Aircraft overgrossed.

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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