# Accident 20210512008379A: Piper PA-12, Kenai, AK, May 12, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2021, 12:51 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Kenai Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5689° N, 151.2444° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5689&lon=-151.2444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92793, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92793) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 658 total, 651 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC21LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210512008379A

## Narrative

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

ON WEDNESDAY 12 MAY 2021, 1302 LOCAL, PA-12 AIRCRAFT N92793 FLYING IN FROM NIKISKI, AK, LANDED AT KENAI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ON GRAVEL RUNWAY 20L, NOSED OVER AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN.  ONE PERSON ON BOARD, NO INJURIES REPORTED, THOUGH THERE DID APPEAR TO BE A POSSIBLE MINOR INJURY, UPON INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE PILOT AT THE SCENE.

## 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 ANC21LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA039), May 12, 2021: Piper PA-12 (N92793), Kenai, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive application of the airplane’s wheel brakes while landing, which resulted in a nose over.

## Other reports on N92793 (1)

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

- [Accident 19970418006249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970418006249A), Apr 18, 1997: Piper PA12 (N92793), Nikishka, AK, Substantial damage. Changed gear from skis to tundra tires. On takeoff wheel fell off. Continues to home base. Gear wing spar damaged.

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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