# Accident 20040925024209A: Piper PA12, Fairbanks, AK, September 25, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2004
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.6500° N, 149.1667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.6500&lon=-149.1667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4409M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4409M) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040925024209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2004 THIS PA-12 ON FLOATS, N4409M, DEPARTED COD LAKE THEN SHORTLY AFTER LOST POWER CAUSING THE PILOT TO PERFORM A HARD LANDING ON THE WATER. THIS LANDING RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE WHERE THE FLOATS ATTACH AND THE FLOAT ATTACH POINTS.                                                            (-23 AMENDMENT) THE MECHANICS THAT WORKED ON THE AIRCRAFT NOTED NO ABNORMALITIES WITH THE ENGINE. THE MAIN REPAIR STATION MECHANIC MENTIONED THE PILOT STATED HE HAD PULLED THE WRONG CONTROL KNOB (MIXTURE) WHICH RESULTED IN THE MIXTURE BEING PULLED INSTEAD OF THE THROTTLE.

## 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 ANC04LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA120), Sep 25, 2004: Piper PA-12 (N4409M), Nenana, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power during takeoff-initial climb for an undetermined reason, which resulted in an emergency descent and hard landing.

## Other reports on N4409M (1)

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

- [Incident 20171006016339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171006016339I), Oct 6, 2017: Piper PA-12 (N4409M), Webster, WI, Minor damage. Aircraft engine appeared to begin to lose power half way down runway on take-off roll. Take-off was aborted.

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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