# Incident 20180716011369I: Piper PA-12, Fairbanks, AK, July 16, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2018, 22:45 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7511H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7511H-2019-10-05) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 416 total, 311 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180716011369I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DOING PRACTICE "TOUCH AND GO" LANDINGS ON A SAND BAR ALONG THE TANANA RIVER.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ACCOMPLISHED MULTIPLE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON THE EVENING OF JULY 16.  WHEN HE ACCOMPLISHED HIS LAST TOUCHDOWN THE RIGHT TIRE HIT A "LIP" ON THE EDGE OF THE SANDBAR CAUSING THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE, BUCKLE, AND FOLD UP UNDER THE AIRCRAFT.    WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LURCHED FORWARD THE PROPELLER ALSO STRUCK THE SAND BUT WAS NOT A SUDDEN STOPPAGE.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT ONLY SUSTAINED RIGHT LANDING GEAR DAMAGE AND MINOR PROPELLER DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N7511H (2)

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

- [Accident 20180915013689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180915013689A), Sep 15, 2018: Piper PA-12 (N7511H), Healy, AK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft departed fairbanks international airport (fai) on September 15, 2018 at 2040Z hours with two souls on board. Last contact by fai ATC was at 2104Z…
- [Incident 20120528011189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120528011189I), May 28, 2012: Piper PA-12 (N7511H), Palmer, AK, Minor damage. Description: aircraft crash on knik river statement of events: the pilot departed pamr (merrill field) approx. 2:30 pm en route to birchwood to visit a friend…

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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