# Incident 20120604012859I: Piper PA-22-150, Anchorage, AK, June 4, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2012, 15:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3716P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3716P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (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-22-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 650 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120604012859I

## Narrative

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

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

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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