# Incident 19960428012519I: Piper PA12, Standish, ME, April 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1996, 14:00 local time
- Place: Standish, ME
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7353° N, 70.5525° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Standish, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7353&lon=-70.5525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4103M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4103M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960428012519I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: UPON LANDING ON PRIVATE AIR STRIP AT RANDALL ORCHARDS, PILOT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF RUDDER CONTROL AND AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED, CAUSING PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. UPON EXAMINATION, PILOT DISCOVERED MICROPHONE HAD FALLEN UNDER RUDDER PEDALS, RESTRICTING MOVEMENT OF PEDALS. PILOT STATED THE FINAL APPROACH WAS IN TURBULENT AIR; POSSIBLY CAUSING MICROPHONE TO FALL FROM HOLDER.

## Other reports on N4103M (1)

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

- [Incident 19860628055219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860628055219I), Jun 28, 1986: Piper STCPA12 (N4103M), Portland, ME. Exhaust valve on right rear cylinder broke. Safe airport landing.

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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