# Accident 20250814013299A: Piper PA-12, Inverness, FL, August 14, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2025, 17:30 local time
- Place: Inverness, FL
- Airport: Inverness
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8080° N, 82.3168° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8080&lon=-82.3168&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4014M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4014M) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 186 total, 7 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA300) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250814013299A

## Narrative

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

SHORTLY AFTER INITIATING A DEPARTURE ROLL ON RWY 19 AT INF THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, VEERED LEFT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY AT FULL POWER. HE THEN TRAVELED DOWN A SLIGHT EMBANKMENT, ACROSS THE GRASS TOWARD THE TAXIWAY AT APPROXIMATELY AN 80-DEGREE ANGLE TO THE TAXIWAY, BECOMING AIRBORNE DUE TO THE SLOPE OF THE TURF NEXT TO THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED AIRBORNE ACROSS THE TAXIWAY AND CONTACTED A CONCRETE BERM APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET FROM THE BASE IN A NOSE UP ATTITUDE, AS EVIDENCED BY THE WITNESS MARKS. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN AND TRAVELED UP THE BERM AND CAME TO A STOP WHEN CONTACTING THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE COMING TO REST ON A ROADWAY GUARDRAIL.

THE PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES TO HIS LEGS, BACK AND FACE AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE NEAREST TRAUMA FACILITY. THE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS ABLE TO WALK TO THE AMBULANCE ENROUTE TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

## 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 ERA25LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA300), Aug 14, 2025: Piper PA-12 (N4014M), Inverness, FL, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N4014M (1)

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

- [Accident 19730513013589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730513013589A), May 13, 1973: Piper PA12 (N4014M), Davenport, IA, Substantial damage. R brake diaphram ruptured,brake failed. Hit Cessna N4014N,Cessna N19749 both sub dmgd. Gusting cond.

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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