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FAA incident report · Piper PA-12 · Anchorage, AK · November 20, 2010

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Date
November 20, 2010 · 15:04 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3041M
Reported as
Piper PA-12
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total375 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days
N3041MRegistered now · Piper PA-12S/N 12-1733 · Built 1947Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

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

On short final at 40' with full flaps, to runway 4 at Merrill Field, Alaska the aircraft engine started sputtering and the aircraft sink rate increased. The aircraft bounced on the runway and the engine caught and the pilot retarded the aircraft throttle and applied brakes and lost control. The runway was ice covered and very slippery. The aircraft was on tundra tires and the aircraft encountered a patch of gravel and the aircraft went up on its nose damaging the propellor and spinner.

As the FAA filed it

ON SHORT FINAL AT 40' WITH FULL FLAPS, TO RUNWAY 4 AT MERRILL FIELD, ALASKA THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED SPUTTERING AND THE AIRCRAFT SINK RATE INCREASED. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY AND THE ENGINE CAUGHT AND THE PILOT RETARDED THE AIRCRAFT THROTTLE AND APPLIED BRAKES AND LOST CONTROL. THE RUNWAY WAS ICE COVERED AND VERY SLIPPERY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON TUNDRA TIRES AND THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A PATCH OF GRAVEL AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT UP ON ITS NOSE DAMAGING THE PROPELLOR AND SPINNER.