# Incident 20250323003349I: Piper PA-12, Kasilof, AK, March 23, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2025, 16:00 local time
- Place: Kasilof, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.3146° N, 151.2227° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kasilof, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.3146&lon=-151.2227&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3342M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3342M) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 249 total, 249 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250323003349I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON ICE COVERED LAKE. PILOT MISJUDGED WATER COVERING ICE AND THE THICKNESS OF THE ICE AND UPON TOUCHDOWN WAS UNABLE TO ABORT LANDING. AIRCRAFT BROKE THRU THE ICE AND REMAINED AFLOAT. PILOT EVACUATED HIS 2 SMALL CHILDREN AND PLACED THEM ON THE WING OF THE FLOATING AIRCRAFT.  PILOT AND PASSENGERS SPENT APPROX 12 HOURS FLOATING ON AIRCRAFT BEFORE AN ARMY NATIONAL GUARD HELICOPTER RESCUED THEM.

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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