# Incident 20120122000439I: Piper PA-12, Clearwater, FL, January 22, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2012, 11:19 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7972H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7972H) (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: 3,926 total, 840 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120122000439I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 22, 2012 A PIPER 12, N7972H, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, GROUND LOOPED AFTER LANDING WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT AT ST. PETERSBURG CLEARWATER AIRPORT (PIE). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ST. PETERSBURG CLEARWATER FLORIDA (PIE) AT 09:00 LOCAL TIME.

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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