# Accident 20070223002929A: Piper PA12, Lewiston, ID, February 23, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2007, 11:48 local time
- Place: Lewiston, ID
- Airport: Lewiston-Nez Perce County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3744° N, 117.0153° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3744&lon=-117.0153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2343M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2343M-2021-02-10) (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: 11,680 total, 1,150 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07CA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070223002929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1148 HOURS ON 02-23-2007, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ LOST CONTROL OF A PA-12 N2343M, WHILE LANDING AT THE LEWISTON, ID (LWS) AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 29. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHING DOWN IN A THREE POINT ATTITUDE WITH NO FLAPS THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ULTIMATELY, THE RIGHT STRUCK THE GROUND BENDING THE FRONT AND REAR SPARS SLIGHTLY UPWARD REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF BOTH SPARS. THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER WAS 'ON THE CONTROLS' AND TRYING TO GET SOME FLIGHT EXPERIENCE FOR HIS EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT BUT, THE FRONT SEAT PILOT WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO ADVERSE WEATHER, NO PRE OR POST ACCIDENT FIRE, AND NO INJURIES TO EITHER PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## 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 SEA07CA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA065), Feb 23, 2007: Piper PA-12 (N2343M), Lewiston, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: the inadvertent use of the rudder by the passenger, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop.

## Other reports on N2343M (2)

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

- [Accident 20070616013669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070616013669A), Jun 16, 2007: Piper PA12 (N2343M), Riggins, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) Upon landing at sluice creek emergency airstrip in hells canyon the left main gear tire hit a rock that collapsed the left landing gear aft tube…
- [Accident 19820930052479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820930052479A), Sep 30, 1982: Piper PA12 (N2343M), Salmon, ID, Substantial damage. Airplane hit slush on snow packed runway on takeoff. Veered into snow berm on runway edge and nosed up.

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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