# Accident 20190815017079A: Piper PA-12, Mccarthy, AK, August 15, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2019, 12:00 local time
- Place: Mccarthy, AK
- Airport: Mccall Ridge
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1881° N, 142.6161° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1881&lon=-142.6161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2534M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2534M) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 998 total, 971 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA497](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA497) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190815017079A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD DEPART THIS AIRSTRIP PREVIOUSLY AND TOOK A LOAD OUT TO MCCARTHY. UPON RETURNING TO GET SECOND LOAD, HE STATED THAT HE FLOATED A BIT AT TOUCHDOWN. ONCE ON THE GROUND, HE BEGAN BRAKING AS USUAL. HE CAME TO THE END OF THE AIRSTRIP WHERE IT TRANSITIONED INTO AN OPEN AREA USED FOR TYING DOWN A/C. THIS TRANSITION IS A SLIGHT DOG-LEG. BRAKING AT THIS POINT WAS TOO AGGRESSIVE AND THE TAIL CAME UP AND COMBINED WITH THE WIND, THE A/C WENT UP ON IT'S NOSE, THEN OVER ON IT'S BACK. AIRSTRIP IS AT AN ELEVATION OF 4500' AND ANGLED UPHILL.

## 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 GAA19CA497](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA497), Aug 15, 2019: Piper PA 12 (N2534M), McCarthy, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's overapplication of brakes during landing, which resulted in a nose-over.

## Other reports on N2534M (1)

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

- [Accident 20100913054509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100913054509A), Sep 13, 2010: Piper PA-12 (N2534M), Mcgrath, AK, Substantial damage. Initial report was that the tail wheel broke off when pilot added power in an attempt to get main wheels out of a rut. One wheel popped out causing the tail to…

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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