# Incident 19981202040769I: Piper PA12, Grayling, AK, December 2, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1998, 13:30 local time
- Place: Grayling, AK
- Airport: Grayling Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.8921° N, 160.0664° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAYLING (KGX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.8921&lon=-160.0664&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3334M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 300 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981202040769I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ALONE AT A REMOTE AIRPORT, THE PILOT DID NOT TIE DOWN THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE HAND PROPPING TO START. AFTER STARTING THE EMPTY AIRCRAFT GOT AWAY AND TAXIED INTO A DITCH, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND LEFT LANDING GEAR.

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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