# Incident 19910121000899I: Piper PA12, Roxboro, NC, January 21, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1991, 15:50 local time
- Place: Roxboro, NC
- Airport: Person County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3946° N, 78.9773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roxboro, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3946&lon=-78.9773&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2528M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2528M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Reported engine: LYC O235C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 140 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910121000899I

## Narrative

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

ABORTED TAKEOFF DUE TO LOW RPM. DEPARTED END OF RUNWAY INTO PLOWED FIELD. CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN.

## Other reports on N2528M (1)

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

- [Accident 20011002026329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011002026329A), Oct 2, 2001: Piper PA12 (N2528M), Ashland, ME, No damage. (-23) Aircraft departed fish river lake for shin pond to refuel. Approximately 20 miles south at 3000' MSL the engine quit. Pilot attempted to restart the…

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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