# Incident 20210730012119I: Piper PA-12, Prineville, OR, July 30, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2021, 09:10 local time
- Place: Prineville, OR
- Airport: Prineville Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2883° N, 120.9056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRINEVILLE (S39), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2883&lon=-120.9056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3484M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3484M) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,046 total, 176 in this make and model, 134 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210730012119I

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING ROLLOUT ON RWY 29, THE PILOT APPLIED BRAKES WITH THE RIGHT BRAKE SEEMING TO STICK CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO VEER TOWARDS  THE EDGE OF THE RWY.  THE PILOT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND WAS ABLE TO CORRECT SOMEWHAT BUT WHEN HE APPLIED MORE BRAKING THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER ON THE RWY.  THE AIRPLANE SLID APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET BEFORE STOPPING WITH THE NOSE DOWN BENDING THE PROPELLER BLADES TIPS, CRUSHING THE PROPELLER SPINNER, AND BUCKLING THE CHIN COWL.  NO MAJOR DAMAGE SUSTAINED.

## Other reports on N3484M (3)

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

- [Accident 20260328006929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260328006929A), Mar 28, 2026: Piper PA-12 (N3484M), Spanaway, WA, Substantial damage. At 15:53 I announced right downwind for 34 and reduced my power and slowed my speed to 60MPH, adjusting to 2 notches of flaps and trim to maintain 1500 ft MSL…
- [Incident 19971105041429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971105041429I), Nov 5, 1997: Piper PA12 (N3484M), Trout Dale, OR, Minor damage. Wind gust picked up tail resulting in a prop strike. Turning off runway.
- [Incident 19920320011539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920320011539I), Mar 20, 1992: Piper PA12 (N3484M), Napa, CA, Minor damage. Pilot landed long. Attempted sharp turn to keep from going into overrun. Left gear collapsed.

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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