# Accident 19991024037529A: Piper PA12, Orange, MA, October 24, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1999, 10:15 local time
- Place: Orange, MA
- Airport: Orange Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5700° N, 72.2885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGE MUNI (ORE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5700&lon=-72.2885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7811H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7811H) (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 O235C1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 355 total, 53 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991024037529A

## Narrative

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

(.4) THE TAILWHEEL-EQUIPPED AIRPLANE MADE AN UNEVENTFUL APPROACH. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE WIND SHIFTED ABOUT 50 DEGREES, AND PUSHED THE TAIL TO THE LEFT.  THE AIRPLANE THEN GROUND-LOOPED TO THE RIGHT, AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY.  THE ACTIVE RUNWAY WAS CHANGED TO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ACCIDENT.                                                                (-23)PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 19 WITH A WIND FROM 260 DEGREES.  PILOT REPORTED A WIND CAME FROM THE RIGHT REAR.  HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT LEAVING THE RUNWAY AND STRIKING THE LEFT WING INTO THE GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ELEVATOR.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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