# Accident 20040904024139A: Piper PA12, Koliganek, AK, September 4, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2004, 10:30 local time
- Place: Koliganek, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.9125° N, 157.0125° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.9125&lon=-157.0125&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2899M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2899M-2005-08-04) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04FA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040904024139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN A STALL/SPIN AND WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND POST-IMPACT FIRE AFTER COLLIDING WITH TUNDRA-COVERED TERRAIN. THE AIRPLANE WRECKAGE WAS OBSERVED IN A NEAR VERTICAL, NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, IN THE SOFT TUNDRA-COVERED TERRAIN. BOTH WINGS HAD SIGNIFICANT SPANWISE LEADING EDGE CRUSHING. THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY WAS BURIED IN THE TUNDRA. BOTH OCCUPANTS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. UNDER BLOCK 31 PILOT INFORMATION FOR REGULATORY CHECK RIDE IS NOT AVAILABLE.

## 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 ANC04FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04FA102), Sep 4, 2004: Piper PA-12 (N2899M), Koliganek, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while on approach to land, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and an uncontrolled descent.

## Other reports on N2899M (1)

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

- [Accident 19730906031539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730906031539A), Sep 6, 1973: Piper PA12 (N2899M), Alexander Lk, AK, Substantial damage. Dragged fld bfor ldg. Gr hit chuck hole,acft swerved & hit stump. Rwy length n/r.

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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