# Incident 20010813021589I: Piper PA12, Anchorage, AK, August 13, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2001, 10:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- 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: N4154M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4154M) (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 O235*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,050 total, 850 in this make and model, 101 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010813021589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 13, 2001 AT ABOUT 0930 MR. MARLIN TESKE PULLED THE PROP THROUGH OF PIPER PA-12 N4154M, TO MAKE SURE THE ENGINE WAS CLEAR. THE ENGINE INADVERTENTLY STARTED AT AN ADVANCED THROTTLE SETTING, MOVING SWIFTLY FORWARD IN A LEFT TURN STRIKING A PARKED CAR AND THEN BOUNCING INTO A GUARD RAIL. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE GUARD RAIL, BENDING THE LEFT LANDING GEAR AND THE PROPELLER. MR. TESKE RECEIVED MINOR SCRAPES AND BRUISES IN THE ATTEMPT TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N4154M (1)

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

- [Incident 20051021033679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051021033679I), Oct 21, 2005: Piper PA12 (N4154M), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot made emergency landing on mud flates near the susitna river due to engine failure. Aircraft was slung by helicopter to the lake hood area where…

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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