# Accident 20140901016069A: Piper PA-12, Trapper Creek, AK, September 1, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2014, 14:00 local time
- Place: Trapper Creek, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.5672° N, 149.7767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.5672&lon=-149.7767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2507M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2507M) (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 O-320
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,471 total, 1,421 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC14CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140901016069A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN DEPARTED WOLF LAKE AIRPORT AT 13:15 FOR SIGHTSEEING AND A POSSIBLE MOUNTAIN RIDGE LANDING. HE HAD ONE PASSENGER WHICH WAS HIS WIFE.

THIS WAS THE AIRMANS FIRST LANDING AT THIS PARTICULAR LANDING AREA WHICH IS LOCATED 12.3 NM EAST (89 DEGREES) OF THE SONGLO VISTA AIRPORT. THE LANDING SURFACE IS APPROXIMATELY 1000' LONG AND ORIENTED APPROXIMATELY 070/250 DEGREES. AIR STRIP ELEVATION IS 2500' AT BOTH ENDS.

AT APPROXIMATELY 14:45, HE CIRCLED THE STRIP FOUR TIMES EXAMINING THE SURFACE AND CHECKING WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCITY UTILIZING INDICATED AIRSPEED AND GPS GROUND SPEED DATA. THERE WAS A QUARTERING CROSSWIND FROM THE LEFT (SOUTH) OF NOT MORE THAN 8KTS. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT THE SURFACE ON WHICH HE WAS LANDING SLOPED OFF ON EITHER SIDE. HE STATED THE FINAL APPROACH FELT GOOD BUT UPON LANDING, THE PLANE BOUNCED AND GOT OFF THE CENTER OF THE STRIP TO THE RIGHT. ONCE BACK ON THE SURFACE THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN MOVING FURTHER TO THE RIGHT (DOWNHILL). THE AIRMAN ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER USING RUDDER AND FULL POWER, BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET BACK ONTO THE LANDING SURFACE. THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER UPON CONTACT WITH ALDER TREES WHICH WERE ON THE SLOPING TERRAIN ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRMAN AND HIS WIFE WERE UNINJURED AND WERE PICKED UP BY AN R44 OUT OF TALKEETNA.

## 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 ANC14CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA072), Sep 1, 2014: Piper PA 12 (N2507M), Talkeetna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, resulting in a runway excursion and collision with trees.

## Other reports on N2507M (1)

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

- [Accident 20100524038039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100524038039A), May 24, 2010: Piper PA-12 (N2507M), Tanana, AK, Substantial damage. The pilot stated she was practicing takeoffs and landings. After touchdown, on rollout she applied brake and the aircraft subsequently nosed over. The aircraft…

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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