# Incident 20200122010319I: Piper PA-12, Watkins, CO, January 22, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2020, 16:52 local time
- Place: Watkins, CO
- Airport: Front Range
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6984° N, 104.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watkins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6984&lon=-104.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4340M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4340M) (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: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,799 total, 108 in this make and model, 188 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200122010319I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 22, 2020 AT 1652 MDT, A SINGLE ENGINE PIPER PA-12, N4340M, HAD A MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. ON LANDING, THE PILOT APPLIED WHAT HE FELT WAS A MODERATE BRAKING, AND THEN HE FELT THE TAIL COME UP. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER WHICH CAUSED PROPELLER STRIKE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING.

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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