# Accident 20250613006209A: Piper PA-12, Fairbanks, AK, June 13, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2025, 16:30 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fischer Home Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8733° N, 147.0157° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8733&lon=-147.0157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3846M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3846M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 126 total, 126 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250613006209A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATEMPTED LANDING ON A 550 FT GRASS STRIP.  AIR TEMPERATURE WAS 85 DEGREE F AND NOTED A LIGHT TAILWIND.  EXECUTED A GO AROUND. ON SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT,  HE AGAIN ABORTED LANDING AND THE  AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE AT THE OPPOSITE END OF RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO CRASH CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT

## 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 ANC25LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA051), Jun 14, 2025: Piper PA-12 (N3846M), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees during a go-around with a tailwind.

## Other reports on N3846M (1)

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

- [Accident 20000614009039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000614009039A), Jun 14, 2000: Piper PA12 (N3846M), Dutch John, UT, No damage. (-23) On June 14, 2000, at 1505 MDT Piper PA-12 N3846M sustained substantial damage when it departed the right side of the runway at Dutch John, UT. The…

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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