# Incident 19881020067449I: Piper PA12, King Salmon, AK, October 20, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1988, 10:30 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.6883° N, 156.6614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of King Salmon, AK, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6883&lon=-156.6614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2556M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2556M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320 series (registry code 42389, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Reported engine: LYC O235C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 700 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881020067449I

## Narrative

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

UNTIED AND HAND PROPPED AIRCRAFT. STARTED AND RAN INTO DITCH. NO PERSON IN COCKPIT. DAMAGED PROP AND LANDING GEAR.

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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