# Accident 20060528010419A: Piper PA12, Wasilla, AK, May 28, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2006, 16:00 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.7775° N, 149.3992° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7775&lon=-149.3992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2945M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2945M) (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: 7,200 total, 90 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06CA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060528010419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS LANDING HIS PA-12 OFF-AIRPORT NEAR A GOLD MINE APPROXIMATELY 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF WASILLA, ALASKA. ON HIS OVERFLIGHT THE WINDSOCKS FROM A NEARBY HELIPORT INDICATED CALM WINDS. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN HE ENCOUNTERED A TAILWIND AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED AND TOUCHED DOWN HARD. HE ELECTED TO ABORT THE LANDING AND GO AROUND. THE AREA HAD AN UPHILL SLOPE. DURING THE GO-AROUND MANUEVER THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE BRIEFLY BEFORE SETTLING INTO THE GROUND. THE SURFACE WAS SNOW-COVERED AND AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE ENGINE SUFFERED SUDDEN STOPPAGE.

## 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 ANC06CA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06CA065), May 29, 2006: Piper PA-12 (N2945M), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for a tailwind during the landing flare, which resulted in an in-flight collision with snow-covered terrain during an aborted landing. Factors contributing to the…

## Other reports on N2945M (1)

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

- [Accident 20110925023199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110925023199A), Sep 25, 2011: Piper PA-12 (N2945M), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. On September 25, 2011, [privacy data omitted], acting as pilot in command of N2945M, a PA-12, failed to accurately judge aircraft performance on takeoff from…

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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