# Accident 20060627012559A: Piper PA12, Cooper Landing, AK, June 27, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2006, 00:02 local time
- Place: Cooper Landing, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.6219° N, 149.7522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.6219&lon=-149.7522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7658H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7658H-2018-02-26) (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 O320B2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 63 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC06FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06FA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060627012559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ WAS PILOT OF N7658H A PIPER PA-12 ON FLOATS WHICH DEPARTED ANCHORAGE LAKE HOOD WITH ^PRIVACY DATA O^ AS PASSENGER. THE FLIGHT WENT SOUTH TO RESURRECTION PASS AND DEVILS PASS CABIN TO DROP SUPPLIES TO PERSONS ON THE GROUND. AT THE DESTINATION THE PILOT WAS MANEUVERING TO DROP THE SUPPLIES WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED NOSE FIRST INTO THE GROUND. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE WINGS DIPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT FELL NOSE FIRST TO THE GROUND. THIS WOULD INDICATE (ALONG WITH EVIDENCE AT THE CRASH SITE) A STALL/SPIN. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED UPON IMPACT AND THE PASSENGER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

## 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 ANC06FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06FA080), Jun 28, 2006: Piper PA-12 (N7658H), Cooper Landing, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while performing a low level pass, which resulted in an uncontrolled descent and collision with terrain. A factor contributing to the accident was an…

## Other reports on N7658H (1)

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

- [Accident 19960916028509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960916028509A), Sep 16, 1996: Piper PA12 (N7658H), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Float planes engine quit. Landed mud flats. Had exhausted fuel. Fuel sight tubes inacurate.

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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