# Incident 19981017044669I: Piper PA12, Prescott, AZ, October 17, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1998, 11:11 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A Love Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4057M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4057M) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981017044669I

## Narrative

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

DAVID J. BURNS CALLED ME BACK,HE TOLD ME THAT HE'S A PART TIME FLIGHT INSPECTOR WITH TAILWHEELS AND BORE IN PRESCOT,AZ. HIS STUDENT DAVID MILLER, ALSO A CFI, WAS ON HIS SECOND TRAINING FLIGHT IN THE PA-12 AIRCRAFT, THEY HAD DEPARTED THE PRESENT AIRPORT THAT MORNING AND PROCESSED TO A PRACTICE AREA TO DO VARIOUS FLIGHT MANUVERS FOR 15-20 MINUTES. THEY THEN CAME BACK TO PRESCOT FOR PATTERN WORK (TOUCH AND GO"S). AFTER TWO TO THREE T&G'S THEY WERE AGAIN INBOUND FOR LANDING, THE INSTRUCTOR,BURNS, NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PROPERLY LINED UP WITH RUNWAY AND WAS DRIFTING LEFT. HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT THE STUDENT'S APPROACH. THE STUDENT, MILLER, APPLIED LEFT RUDDER TO THE SURPRISE OF THE INSTRUCTOR. AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALREADY IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND A GROUND LOOP THEN OCCURED. THEY WERE BOTH UNINJURED, THE INSTRUCTOR STATES HE TAKES FULL RESPONSIBILITY. THE HOBBS METER READ .8 HRS SINCE START PER OUR PHONE CONVERSATION, DAVID BURNS TOLD ME THAT AFTER THE OCCURENCE, HE HAD CALLED THE PRESCOT POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ADMINISTER A BREATH TEST WITH HIM. HE STATED TO ME THAT HE HAS HAD PAST PROBLEMS WITH ALCOHOL AND HAD HIS PILOT'S CERTIFICATE REVOKED.         HE HAS SINCE REGAINED HIS CERTIFICATES AND WAS CLEAN. THE REST WAS ADMINISTERED AT THE AIRPORT; WHICH HE DIDN'T LEAVE, BY OFFICER T. FLETCHER FROM THE PRESCOT POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE CASE NUMBER USED IS 98-16227 WITH TEST RESULTS AT .0001/11. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PHONE NUMBER IS 520-778-1444. THE TIME OF THE BREATHALYZER TEST WAS 1224 HRS. M.S.T. OCTOBER 17, 1998.

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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