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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-12 · Starbuck, WA · March 21, 2026

Date
March 21, 2026 · 06:45 local
Place
Starbuck, WA
Airport
Little Goose Lock And Dam
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N46SC
Reported as
Piper PA-12
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-290 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,882 total2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot advised that his brakes didn’t work and he went off the runway, when he finally stopped the plane tipped forward and the propeller struck the ground, only one person was in the aircraft and he sustained no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT ADVISED THAT HIS BRAKES DIDN’T WORK AND HE WENT OFF THE RUNWAY, WHEN HE FINALLY STOPPED THE PLANE TIPPED FORWARD AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND, ONLY ONE PERSON WAS IN THE AIRCRAFT AND HE SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.