# Incident 20120828020249I: Piper PA-12, Palmer, AK, August 28, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2012, 15:30 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5972° N, 149.1147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmer, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5972&lon=-149.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3882M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3882M) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 175 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120828020249I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON GRAVEL OUTCROP ONE WAY IN ONE WAY OUT.  UPON  LANDING PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES TOO HARD AND NOSED OVER, LANDED ON BACK CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND NOSE COWLING.

## Other reports on N3882M (2)

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

- [Incident 20090801048039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090801048039I), Aug 1, 2009: Piper PA-12 (N3882M), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Left main gear collapsed on landing
- [Accident 19890926036209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890926036209A), Sep 26, 1989: Piper PA12 (N3882M), Cottonwood Cree, AK, Substantial damage. Low and slow to drop a package. Package jammed in door. Lost airspeed, unable to clear terrain landed in trees.

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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