# Incident 19960803028119I: Piper PA12, Shishmaref, AK, August 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1996, 22:00 local time
- Place: Shishmaref, AK
- Airport: Shishmaref/New Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 66.2381° N, 166.1106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shishmaref, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.2381&lon=-166.1106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7604H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7604H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Reported engine: LYC O290C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 92 total, 92 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960803028119I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING TAXI BACK TO PARKING, THE WIND CAUGHT THE AIRCRAFT, A PIPER PA-12 N7604H AND STOOD IT ON ITS NOSE. DAMAGE TO THE PROP, AND A SMALL DENT IN THE COWL.

## Other reports on N7604H (1)

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

- [Accident 20010822020779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010822020779A), Aug 22, 2001: Piper PA12 (N7604H), Nenana, AK, No damage. (-23) At about 9:00 pm local fairbanks time, Mr. Keech attempted to land his PA-12 on a grass, off airport strip located about 18 miles east of Nenana airport.…

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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