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Accident

FAA accident report · Piper PA-12 · Ptarmigan Pass, AK · September 5, 1993

Date
September 5, 1993 · 17:04 local
Place
Ptarmigan Pass, AK
Phase of flight
Idling Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3629M
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC93LA171
Reported as
Piper PA12
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1

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.

Stuck in mud on remote strip. Got out to lift tail out of mud then walked into idling propeller.

As the FAA filed it

STUCK IN MUD ON REMOTE STRIP. GOT OUT TO LIFT TAIL OUT OF MUD THEN WALKED INTO IDLING PROPELLER.

NTSB investigation

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