# Accident 19970513010749A: Piper PA12, Sheboygan, WI, May 13, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1997, 12:15 local time
- Place: Sheboygan, WI
- Airport: Sheboygan County Memorial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7008° N, 87.7396° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7008&lon=-87.7396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N712MW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Reported engine: LYC O235C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 24 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970513010749A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LOST CONTROL ON LANDING AND CRASHED. (.4)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER MAKING AN UNEVENTFUL THREE POINT LANDING IN CALM WIND, THE RIGHT WING SUDDENLY ROSE.  HE WAS ABLE TO BRING THE WING BACK DOWN, BUT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE AIRPLANE SLID SIDEWAYS TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  HE REPORTED THAT AFTER THE ACCIDENT HE NOTICED THE WIND SOCK WOULD CHANGE QUICKLY FROM LIMP TO STRAIGHT OUT.  HE REPORTED THAT AFTER THE ACCIDENT HE CHECKED THE WEATHER INFORMATION IN THE LOBBY OF THE AIRPORT AND IT WAS INDICATING WINDS FROM 100 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS.  A WEATHER REPORTING STATION 38 MILES AWAY REPORTED CALM WINDS AT 1029 CDT AND WINDS FROM 090 DEGREES AT 8 KNOTS AT 1253 CDT.                         (-23) ON LANDING RWY 03 DURING ROLL OUT, GUST OF WIND PICKED UP RIGHT WING CAUSING LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  AIRCRAFT SLID SIDEWAYS CAUSING SIDE LOAD DAMAGE TO LEFT HAND LANDING GEAR ATTACH CLUSTER IN ADDITION TO FUSELAGE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AT INTERSECTION OF RWY 03 AND 31.  THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI97LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA131), May 13, 1997: Piper PA-12 (N712MW), Sheboygan, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll. A factor associated with the accident was the sudden change in wind conditions.

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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