# Accident 20100522005799A: Piper PA-12, Anchorage, AK, May 22, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2010, 11:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Bold Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.3367° N, 148.9867° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.3367&lon=-148.9867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2581M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2581M) (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 PA-12
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,072 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10CA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100522005799A

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT BOLD AIRSTRIP AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTER LINE. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF HIS AIRCRAFT AFTER THE LEFT TIRE STRUCK THE TOP OF A TREE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE THE GROUND WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP WHICH CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR AND LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT .

## 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 ANC10CA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10CA042), May 22, 2010: Piper PA-12 (N2581M), Chugiak, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path while landing, which resulted in an in-flight collision with a tree, and the collapse of the main landing gear during touchdown.

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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