# Accident 20180915013689A: Piper PA-12, Healy, AK, September 15, 2018 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 15, 2018, 15:00 local time - Place: Healy, AK - Airport: Off Airport - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Unknown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 63.8569° N, 148.9661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Healy, AK, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.8569&lon=-148.9661&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 - Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320- SERIES - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 2 - 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/20180915013689A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. 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 HOURS WHEN RADAR SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT SOUTHBOUND ON THE NE EDGE OF R-2211. NO FAA FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED; FAMILY MEMBERS SAID THEY WERE GOING ON A HUNTING TRIP IN THE ALASKA RANGE FOR A FEW DAYS. ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 AT 1620 ADT THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) ISSUED AN ALERT NOTICE (ALNOT)WHEN FAMILY MEMBERS REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT OVERDUE. LOCAL PILOTS INITIATED A WIDESPREAD SEARCH ON SEPTEMBER 20; ALASKA STATE TROOPERS AND THE CIVIL AIR PATROL JOINED THE SEARCH ON SEPTEMBER 22 WHEN AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 ADT AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS SPOTTED IN CHUTE CREEK NEAR HEALY, AK. THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD'S 210TH AIR RESCUE SQUADRON REACHED THE SITE AT 4,300 MSL THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND CONFIRMED AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION, WITH NO SURVIVORS. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT AN UNKNOWN TIME BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 15 AND SEPTEMBER 22. THE AIRCRAFT HAD RECEIVED EXTENSIVE IMPACT DAMAGE AND POST-ACCIDENT FIRE. WRECKAGE SIGNATURES WERE CONSISTENT WITH A LOW SPEED TURNING IMPACT. THE RIGHT WING EXHIBITED COMPRESSION DAMAGE BENDING IT AFT, WHILE THE LEFT WING SHOWED TENSION SIGNATURES PULLING IT FORWARD. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BY THE FAA, NTSB AND LYCOMING AIR SAFETY INVESTIGATOR DETERMINED THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF ENGINE FAILURE. THE PROPELLER HAD SIGNATURES CONSISTENT WITH AN ENGINE MAKING POWER, THE ENGINE TURNED OVER, HAD COMPRESSION IN ALL FOUR CYLINDERS, AND NO SIGNIFICANT OBSTRUCTIONS WERE FOUND IN THE OIL PICK-UP STRAINER OR CARBURETOR INLET FILTER. THE MAGNETOS AND CARBURETOR WERE DAMAGED BY FIRE. THE NTSB RECOVERED A DAMAGED PORTABLE GPS UNIT AND SENT IT TO THEIR LABORATORY FOR POSSIBLE ANALYSIS. TOXICOLOGY REPORT SENT 11/06/2018 SHOWS NEGATIVE OR NOT PERFORMED RESULTS FOR TESTING. ## NTSB investigation None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search ## Other reports on N7511H (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20180716011369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180716011369I), Jul 16, 2018: Piper PA-12 (N7511H), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. [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… - [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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.