19881120051359A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-12 · Circle Pines, MN · November 20, 1988

Date
November 20, 1988 · 16:00 local
Place
Circle Pines, MN
Airport
Surfside Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N12MZ
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC89LA028
Reported as
Piper PA12
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total1,500 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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.

Lost power on takeoff. Nosed over landing in a soft field. Probability of carburetor ice per icing chart.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF. NOSED OVER LANDING IN A SOFT FIELD. PROBABILITY OF CARBURETOR ICE PER ICING CHART.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.