# Accident 20120704011469A: Piper PA-12, Stevensville, MT, July 4, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2012, 13:10 local time
- Place: Stevensville, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5250° N, 114.0528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5250&lon=-114.0528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2870M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2870M) (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 0-320
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,943 total, 265 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA293) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120704011469A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 4, 2012, AT 1310 MST, A PIPER PA-12, N2870M, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SKIDED OFF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH AN EMBANKMENT ON LANDING AT STEVENSVILLE AIRPORT, STEVENSVILLE MONTANA. VISUAL METEROROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. NO INJURIES OCCURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MOOSE CREEK AIRPORT, IDAHO, JULY 4, 2012 AT 1210 MST.

## 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 WPR12CA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA293), Jul 4, 2012: Piper PA-12 (N2870M), Stevensville, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The separation of the left rudder control cable from the rudder bellcrank, which resulted in a loss of directional control during landing roll.

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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