# Incident 20260727009189I: Piper PA-12, Seldovia, AK, July 27, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2026, 09:00 local time
- Place: Seldovia, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.4395° N, 151.7104° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seldovia, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.4395&lon=-151.7104&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3541M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3541M) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 319 total, 10 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260727009189I

## Narrative

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

FROM PILOT STATEMENT:

FLIGHT FROM SOLDOTNA AIRPORT TO MACDONALD SPIT NEAR SELDOVIA, AK.

UPON ARRIVAL @ MACDONALD SPIT, I DID TWO LOW PASSES TO EXAMINE THE BEACH. STABLE APPROACH.

UPON LANDING I APPLIED THE BRAKES TOO FORCEFULLY, AND THE PLANE WENT OVER ON ITS NOSE. I LOWERED THE TAIL VIA A ROPE.

DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND SPINNER. NO OTHER DAMAGE.

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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