# Incident 20010616014889I: Piper PA12, Anchorage, AK, June 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2001, 21:15 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Strip Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7879H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7879H) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010616014889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT HAD RADIO FAILURE. OVERFLEW RUNWAY, GOT GREEN LIGHT.  WIND FAVORED RWY 31 (NW) AT LAKE HOOD STRIP.  LANDING WAS MADE INTO THE SUN, PILOT TEMPORARILY BLINDED, DRIFTED OFF TO EDGE OF RUNWAY AND SOFT SPOT CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO TIP UP ON ITS NOSE.  I ENCOURAGED HIM TO OBTAIN SOME RECURRENT FLIGHT TRAINING WITH AN INSTRUCTOR.  PILOT HAS NO ACCIDENT, INCIDENT, VIOLATIONS IN BACKGROUND.

## Other reports on N7879H (1)

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

- [Accident 20151006017139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151006017139A), Oct 6, 2015: Piper PA-12 (N7879H), Glennallen, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot departed Gulkana Airport (gkn) at 1740 for copper center airport (Z93) while returning to gkn the pilot deviated to the east and saw an off-airport…

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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