# Accident 20050809022719A: Piper PA12, Arctic Village, AK, August 9, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2005, 12:00 local time
- Place: Arctic Village, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 68.0895° N, 145.6003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=68.0895&lon=-145.6003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78481, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78481) (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: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC05CA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050809022719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT MISJUDGED SPEED AND TOUCH DOWN POINT FOR AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING. WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS GOING TO GO OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY HE HIT THE BRAKES AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER. PILOT STATES WIND WAS GUSTY AND SWITCHING DIRECTIONS OFTEN AND HAD GONE TO A TAIL WIND AS HE MADE THE LANDING. ^PRIVACY DATA ^

## 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 ANC05CA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05CA122), Aug 9, 2005: Piper PA-12 (N78481), Arctic Village, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate evaluation of the weather conditions, which resulted in an overrun and subsequent nose over during the landing roll. A factor contributing to the accident was a tailwind.

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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