# Accident 20070627013779A: Piper PA12, Anchorage, AK, June 27, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2007, 08:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2106° N, 149.8892° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2106&lon=-149.8892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78456, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78456) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,620 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC07LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070627013779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED MERRILL FIELD FOR THE DESKA RIVER. AFTER CROSSING COOK INLET, HIS AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. SO AFTER SWITCHING FUEL TANKS, CHECKING CARBURETOR HEAT, MAKING SURE HIS ENGINE PRIMER WAS LOCKED, CHECKING HIS MAGNETOS AND HIS MIXTURE, HE STILL ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE A CLEAR FIELD. TOUCHING DOWN HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS LANDING IN KNEE HIGH GRASS, AND AS THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OUT IT WENT UP ON ITS NOSE AND STOPPED AND EVENTUALLY FLIPPED OVER VERY SLOWLY.

## 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 ANC07LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07LA056), Jun 27, 2007: Piper PA-12 (N78456), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The malfunction of an engine magneto during cruise flight, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power, and an on-ground encounter with terrain. A factor associated with the accident was the…

## Other reports on N78456 (1)

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

- [Accident 19990605006409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990605006409A), Jun 5, 1999: Piper PA12 (N78456), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Acft crashed on landing, other circumstances are unknown. (.19) on June 5, 1999, at 0705 Alaska daylight time, a tundra tire equipped PA-12 airplane, N78456,…

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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