# Accident 20000805042409A: Piper PA12, Beluga, AK, August 5, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2000, 10:30 local time
- Place: Beluga, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1592° N, 149.9899° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1592&lon=-149.9899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2796M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2796M-2013-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 415 total, 343 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC00LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000805042409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 5, 2000 AT ABOUT 1030 ADT A TUNDRA TIRE EQUIPPED PIPER PA-12 N2796M WAS INVOLVED IN A LANDING ACCIDENT NEAR THE THEODORE RIVER, ALASKA. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE WIND WAS ALMOST CALM AND THE LANDING ATTEMPT WAS ON A NARROW ROAD. JUST AT THE FLARE A SLIGHT BREEZE PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT SIDEWAYS AND IT RESULTED IN A GROUND LOOP. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER SUSTAINED BRUISES.

## 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 ANC00LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA095), Aug 5, 2000: Piper PA-12 (N2796M), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. A factor was high brush along side the landing area.

## Other reports on N2796M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19980929039179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980929039179A), Sep 29, 1998: Piper PA12 (N2796M), Tyonek, AK, Substantial damage. (.19)On September 29, 1998, about 1430 Alaska daylight time, a tundra tire equipped PA-12 airplane, N2796M, sustained substantial damage when it nosed over at…

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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