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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-12 · Skwentna, AK · April 6, 2009

Date
April 6, 2009 · 14:00 local
Place
Skwentna, AK
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2997M
Reported as
Piper PA-12
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
980 total800 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The PIC dragged the snow covered lake before landing and on the go-around misjudged the wind and setteled into the trees at the end of the lake. Substantial damage to the right wing and fuselage.

As the FAA filed it

THE PIC DRAGGED THE SNOW COVERED LAKE BEFORE LANDING AND ON THE GO-AROUND MISJUDGED THE WIND AND SETTELED INTO THE TREES AT THE END OF THE LAKE. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND FUSELAGE.