# Accident 19981009028929A: Piper PA12, Anchorage, AK, October 9, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1998, 20:40 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Spb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1598° N, 149.9904° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1598&lon=-149.9904&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98900, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98900) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,070 total, 2,012 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC99LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981009028929A

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING AN ATTEMPTED NIGHT LANDING AT LAKE HOOD SEAPLANE BASE, THE PILOT FLYING A PA-12 SEAPLANE MISTOOK A LAND AIRPLANE PARKING AREA AS THE WATER LANE. THIS AREA WAS PARALLEL TO THE ACTUAL SEAPLANE LANDING LANE AND IS NOT LIGHTED.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND ON TOUCHDOWN, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.  THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A PARKED AIRPLANE AND A SET OF FLOATS BEFORE STRIKING A MOUND OF DIRT AND COMING TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, BUT THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD, WAS NOT INJURED. (.4) THE PRIVATE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS RETURNING TO LAKE HOOD AFTER WINTERIZING HIS REMOTE CABIN.  HE STATED THAT HIS DEPARTURE FROM SNIDER LAKE WAS LATER THAN HE HAD ANTICIPATED, REQUIRING HIM TO LAND AT NIGHT AT LAKE HOOD.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE MADE A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH, LANDING TO THE SOUTH, UTILIZING THE SOUTH WATER LANE.  HE SAID THAT JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS ABOUT 500 FEET TO THE RIGHT OF THE INTENDED TOUCHDOWN AREA, AND OVER A GRAVEL AIRCRAFT PARKING AREA.  THE PILOT SAID THAT HE APPLIED FULL POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO GO-AROUND, BUT THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO SETTLE ONTO THE PARKING AREA.  THE AIRPLANE'S RIGHT WING STRUC K A PARKED PIPER PA-18, AND A SET OF STORED FLOATS. THE AIRPLANE PIVOTED TO THE RIGHT, AND THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND.  THE AIRPLANE'S WINGS AND FUSELAGE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.    .

## 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 ANC99LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA003), Oct 10, 1998: Piper PA-12 (N98900), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of a proper touchdown point. Factors associated with the accident were darkness, and the pilot's inadequate preflight planning.

## Other reports on N98900 (1)

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

- [Accident 19770226008799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770226008799A), Feb 26, 1977: Piper PA12 (N98900), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. First flt in several months

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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