# Incident 20200818012399I: Piper PA-12, Huslia, AK, August 18, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2020, 20:00 local time
- Place: Huslia, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 65.6962° N, 156.3383° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huslia, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.6962&lon=-156.3383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92544, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92544) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,482 total, 87 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200818012399I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE WAS DEPARTING FROM A NEW STRIP THAT HE MADE ON THE SIDE OF A SMALL HILL JUST NORTH OF HUSLIA AK.  HE STATED HE HAD A HEAD WIND ON DEPARTURE AND ROUGHLY 570 FOOT OF DEPARTURE PATH.  AS HE CLIMBED OUT FROM A DOWN HILL DEPARTURE THE AIRCRAFT AND RIGHT WING STRUCK A COUPLE SMALL SPRUCE TREES.  HE HEARD THE CONTACT AND CONTINUED CLIMB OUT.  CHECKED MOVEMENT OF FLIGHT CONTROLS AND STABILITY OF AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT.  CONTINUED BACK TO HUSLIA AND EVALUATED THE DAMAGE.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE THE RUNWAY BY HIKING UP HILL AND CUTTING DOWN TREES BASED ON THE KNOWN TAKEOFF LENGTH NEEDED FOR HIS AIRCRAFT.  HE STATED HE HAD 570+ FEET OF RUNWAY BUT THINKS THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS HIGHER THAT DAY SINCE THE DAY WAS SO WARM.  PILOT STATED HE WILL HIKE BACK UP AND LENGTHEN THE RUNWAY AND TRIM ANY TREES THAT WILL BE IN THE LANDING/DEPARTURE PATH.

## Other reports on N92544 (1)

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

- [Accident 20170319014539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170319014539A), Mar 19, 2017: Piper PA-12 (N92544), Palmer, AK, Substantial damage. During takeoff, pilot returned to ground and aircraft veered right, pilot overcorrected and aircraft then went left collapsing the right main gear. Substantial…

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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