# Accident 20100802039419A: Piper PA-12, White Sulphur S, MT, August 2, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2010, 11:39 local time
- Place: White Sulphur S, MT
- Airport: White Sulphur Springs
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5022° N, 110.9078° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5022&lon=-110.9078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3098M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3098M) (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 PA-12
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,084 total, 1,077 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA380) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100802039419A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS FLYING IN GENERAL AREA OF AIRPORT AND WAS PRACTICING  TOUCH AND GO'S LANDING ON THE GRASS STRIP ON RUNWAY 31 FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE MORNING.  PILOT WAS ON HIS LAST FLIGHT OF DAY, ON  LEFT DOWN WIND LEG FOR THE APPROACH FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 31.  AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON FINAL, THE AIRCRAFT SPEED  WAS SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A THREE POINT LANDING.  THE PILOT COMMANDED A HARD RIGHT HAND TURN TO AVOID SEVERAL ANTELOPE THAT WAS RUNNING ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT WHEN SEVERAL OF THE ANIMALS CHANGED DIRECTIONS AND RAN DIRECTLY IN FRONT AIRCRAFT.  UPON SWERVING TO THE RIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT  WAS FORCED TO GROUND LOOP, COLLAPSING THE LEFT LANDING GEAR , STRIKING THE PROPELLER AND DAMAGING THE LEFT WING AS THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A REST.

## 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 WPR10CA380](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA380), Aug 2, 2010: Piper PA-12 (N3098M), White Sulphur Springs, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control while attempting to avoid a herd of antelope crossing the runway during the landing rollout.

## Other reports on N3098M (1)

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

- [Accident 20211130020029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211130020029A), Nov 30, 2021: Piper PA-12 (N3098M), Labelle, FL, Destroyed. Part 91 flight aircraft from [privacy data omitted] private runway, crashing in field Labelle, Florida. Piper PA-12 registration N30989M, serial number…

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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