# Accident 20000519042219A: Piper PA12, Wasilla, AK, May 19, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2000, 20:30 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.6169° N, 149.3215° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6169&lon=-149.3215&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49EB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49EB-2015-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 80 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC00LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000519042219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TAKEOFF AND ABORTED WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY THE CRASH. THE IIC HAS BEEN DILIGENTLY TRYING TO CONTACT THE PILOT. PARTIES INVOLVED HAVE NOT BEEN COOPERATIVE. THE OWNER OF AIRCRAFT STATES HE DOES NOT KNOW WHO PIC WAS OR WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IS AT THIS TIME. AN AMENDMENT TO THIS REPORT WILL BE COMPLETED WHEN THIS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. (-23 AMENDMENT) THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A TAKEOFF FROM A GRAVEL STRIP SURROUNDED BY LARGE TREES AND A 10 KNOT WIND. AS THE AIRPLANE REACHED AN ALTITUDE ABOVE THE TREE LINE, THE AIRSPEED FLUCTUATED TOWARDS ZERO AND THE AIRPLANE BEGAN DESCENDING. IN LIEU OF A STALL, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL UNTIL THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED THE GROUND AND CRASHED.

## 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 ANC00LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA060), May 19, 2000: Piper PA-12 (N49EB), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during takeoff. A factor in the accident was a sudden wind shift.

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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