# Incident 20000513016139I: Piper PA12, Anchorage, AK, May 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2000, 13:38 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3835M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3835M) (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 O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 203 total, 138 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000513016139I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT LANDING AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 33 AT MERRILL FIELD. PILOT INDICATED HE HAD A STRONG GUST OF CROSSWIND FROM THE LEFT.  HE STATED AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE ON LANDING AND HE OVER CORRECTED WITH TOO MUCH RUDDER INPUT.  AIR CRAFT TIPPED OVER ON RIGHT WING AND HIT RUNWAY LIGHT.

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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