# Accident 20140118000519A: Piper PA-12, Zephyrhills, FL, January 18, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2014, 12:45 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Airport: Zephyrhills Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2281° N, 82.1558° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2281&lon=-82.1558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3668N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3668N) (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: 550 total, 260 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140118000519A

## Narrative

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

QUARTERING TAIL WIND GUSTS AT 15 KNOTS, INITIAL TOUCHDOWN WIND GUST LIFT LEFT WING HIGH, ATTEMPTED RECOVERY, LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED, ANTICLOCKWISE GROUND LOOP.

## 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 ERA14LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA103), Jan 18, 2014: Piper PA-12 (N3668N), Zephyrhills, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate compensation for gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing that produced forces beyond the structural capability of the airframe.

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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