# Accident 20171220023339A: Piper PA-12, Angleton, TX, December 20, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2017, 15:15 local time
- Place: Angleton, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1086° N, 95.4619° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1086&lon=-95.4619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47FP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47FP-2018-11-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-12
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 108 total, 75 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171220023339A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N47FP A PA-12 PIPER, LANDED OUT OF CONTROL AFTER THOUCH DOWN. AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY 17 WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT AND OCCUPANCY TO HIT TWO PASI LIGHTS.

IT APPEARS THAT PASSENGER ON BOARD MAY HAVE APPLIED LEFT BRAKE FROM BACK SEAT PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN. WHICH RENDERED THE AIRCRAFT UNCONTROLLABLE.

PILOT FAILED TO BRIEF PASSENGER THOROUGHLY PRIOR TO LANDING.

## 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 CEN18LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA071), Dec 20, 2017: Piper PA 12 (N47FP), Angleton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The passenger's inadvertent activation of the left brake during landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control and a runway excursion.

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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