Piper PA-12
FAA incident reports · 739
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Accident 20260919012079APiper PA-12 · Salem, ORThe flight departed from OR87 (blue skies farm), utilizing runway 19 to the south. The pilot conducted a scenic flight to the east, making a left turn toward the north and proceeding toward silverton at approximately 1,000 feet. The flight lasted…Incident 20260910012379IPiper PA-12 · Birchwood, AKOn September 10, 2026, at 14:15 AKDT, a Piper PA-12 super cruiser was involved in a ground collision with a light pole at bcv airport in Birchwood, Alaska. The aircraft was taxiing across the airport with one person on board and no intent to fly. As the…Incident 20260907011999IPiper PA-12 · Lincolnville, MEPilot stated that they maintained an airspeed of 50 miles per hour and landed long due to a tailwind. Aircraft touched down 3/4 of the way down the grass field runway, boucned, and lost directional control. Aircraft went across a paved Road at the end of the…Accident 20260821011209APiper PA-12 · Bemidji, MNThe pilot-in-command was instructing the student pilot for his single engine sea rating. The two had performed ten amphibious landings that day, refueled and returned to the lake. On the eleventh amphibious landing the instructor felt the added resistance of…Incident 20260809012419IPiper PA-12 · Talkeetna, AKOn August 9, 2026, at approximately 15:00 AKDT, [privacy data omitted] experienced a propeller strike during ground taxi operations at the iron creek airstrip near Talkeetna, Alaska. The flight was conducted under visual flight rules (VFR), with one passenger…Incident 20260727009189IPiper PA-12 · Seldovia, AKFrom 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…Accident 20260623007739APiper PA-12 · Dixie, IDAccording to the pilot: I departed for the mccall, ID airport (kmyl) around 7 am for fuel and breakfast. I departed mccall around 9:00 am with the intention of landing at Wilson Bar Usfs strip (C48), stopping briefly, then returning to johnson creek before…Accident 20260621006359APiper PA-12 · North Pole, AKDuring takeoff from a grass runway, the aircraft veered to the left and subsequently struck a telephone Pole/windsock with the left wing. After striking the Pole, the aircraft spun 270 degrees, dragging the right wingtip on the ground and stopping partially…Accident 20260328006929APiper PA-12 · Spanaway, WAAt 15:53 I announced right downwind for 34 and reduced my power and slowed my speed to 60MPH, adjusting to 2 notches of flaps and trim to maintain 1500 ft MSL and checked the need For carb heat. Once abeam my touch down point, I reduced power to idle and…Incident 20260321001679IPiper PA-12 · Starbuck, WAThe 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.Incident 20260318003779IPiper PA-12 · St. Helens, WAOn March 18, around 15:30 local time, N7632H departed the hillsboro, or (hio) airport for the purpose of, as described by the pilot, some fun flying along the columbia river gorge. The pilot conducted several takeoffs and landings from unimproved strips along…Accident 20260307003499APiper PA-12 · Lockhart, TXWhile on an instructional flight the PIC was performing takeoff and landing practice. The landings were not touch and goes and were done to a full stop. During the second takeoff of the flight the airplane had a longer than expected takeoff roll and failed to…Incident 20251019015099IPiper PA-12 · Denali, AKOn 10/19/2025 the incident pilot and one passenger departed from the anchorage area and flew north to ruth glacier. After conducting a flight over the glacier the incident pilot who is familiar with the area was going to attempt to land at a small gravel…Accident 20250814013299APiper PA-12 · Inverness, FLShortly 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…Accident 20250811012259APiper PA-12 · New Smyrna Beac, FLOn August 11, 2025, at approximately 1700Z (1300 EDT), a general aviation accident involving a Piper PA-12 occurred near new Smyrna beach, Florida. The aircraft impacted the intracoastal waterway in the vicinity of the ponce inlet lighthouse marina following…Accident 20250714015299APiper PA-12 · Egegik, AKPilot was building time in his PA-12 tail-wheeled aircraft. Upon landing on a soft off airport landing area pilot applied brakes and aircraft ground looped.Accident 20250702007429APiper PA-12 · Brush, COOn 07/02/2025 around 1145 MDT the PIC was practicing pattern work. On the initial approach to 7V5 on a left downwind the aircraft touched down. Moments later the aircraft went left of center up an embankment and came to rest on its left side belly. The…Accident 20250613006209APiper PA-12 · Fairbanks, AKPilot 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…Incident 20250323003349IPiper PA-12 · Kasilof, AKPilot 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…Incident 20250310019909IPiper PA-12 · Georgetown, TXOn 10 March 2025, the pilot departed in [privacy data omitted], a PA-12, from kaus enroute to kgtu to conduct some practice approaches with another pilot in his bonanza aircraft. The pilot reported the weather as VFR with calm winds and clear skies. The pilot…Incident 20250207001729IPiper PA-12 · Charlottesville, VAOn 02/07/2025 at 1630 local time, pilot had incident where he suffered a prop strike to his Piper cub PA-12 causing it to teeter nose down on the ramp in vicinity of hotel taxiway, on Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (kcho). Investigation revealed pilot was…Accident 20241205021639APiper PA-12 · Marysvale, UTThe aircraft took off from richfield airport and planned on performing an off-field landing at koosharem reservior roughly 16.5 miles south-east from the richfield airport. As the aircraft departed the valley to the south the pilot decided to fly over manning…Accident 20241025017529APiper PA-12 · Weston, IDPilot took off from aberdeen airport (U36) to practice landings in a dry lakebed 8 miles north east of U36. The pilot landed three times in the dry lakebed, on the fourth attempt. The pilot touched down on main wheels for 150FT without stopping and took off…Accident 20240912014189APiper PA-12 · Cumberland, MNDuring a cross country flight, the PIC started descending to land. Approximately 5 miles from the airport the engine lost power and the PIC performed an emergency landing in a corn field. Damage to the aircraft included but was not limited to floats, broken…Incident 20240617006099IPiper PA-12 · Fort Smith, ARDuring the incident sequence the pilot was taxiing across runway 20 at taxiway g at Fort Smith Regional Airport. As the pilot was clearing the runway, Fort Smith ground control instructed the pilot to “hold short of runway 20.” the pilot was surprised by the…Accident 20240110000299APiper PA-12 · Lampasas, TXPilot reduced the engine power to idle and touched down at approximately 55MPH, approximately 10MPH faster than usual, and further down the runway than planned. The higher ground speed , and abrupt tail wheel landing gear touchdown, caused the pilot to over…Accident 20231109016809APiper PA-12 · Baker City, ORThe airman experienced fuel starvation due to fuel tank depletion ½ mile from runway 35 @ bke. He attempted an off-airport landing in an alfalfa field. During this time, he experienced a quartering crosswind which resulting in a ground loop, flipping the…Accident 20231027017999APiper PA-12 · Rangley, MEPIC indicated the touchdown was uneventful. 3-point landing. Slight tailwheel shimmy, and aircraft began to veer left. PIC corrected with additional right rudder, little effect, added power, more veer to the left. Attempted to correct drift with right brake,…Accident 20230922014809APiper PA-12 · Eatonville, WAPilot was taking off to the north on runway 34. As the pilot lifted of the runway, he was hit by a gust of wind that picked up the left wing which caused the right wing and propeller to hit the ground causing a high-speed ground loop. The pilot pulled the…Accident 20230731008939APiper PA-12 · Myrtle Beach, SCEon-dra message text: Myrtle Beach, SC: stormer 2, PA18, local banner tower, crashed into the water 4 miles NE of Myrtle Beach for unknown reasons. No ground injuries reported and the aircraft is in shallow water. POB: 1, injuries: unknown, damage: extent…Accident 20230708008519APiper PA-12 · Judith Gap, MTPilot struck an electrical line support pole with right wing, rotated and continued backwards until impacting the ground and rolling into a small cow pond.Accident 20230528007829APiper PA-12 · Mcgrath, AKPilot was on an off-airport tundra location he had landed previously. Location was sloped, and wind did not favor taking off downhill. Pilot's friend in a super cub departed up-hill into the wind with no problem. Pilot waited about 30 minutes and then…Accident 20230225001609APiper PA-12 · Ebeemee Twp, MEPilot departed Ebeemee lake on skis to the southwest. Aircraft engine quit approximately 100-150 high on departure while the pilot was in a shallow right turn. Pilot continued in the shallow right turn which slowly increased in bank until impact with the ice…Accident 20230204000419APiper PA-12 · Porterville, UTOn 02/04/2023, the pilot[privacy data omitted]of a 1946 Piper PA-12 airplane [privacy data omitted]N3969B^ was flying his airplane in the back country near Porterville, Utah. The pilot was conducting a part 91 personal sightseeing flight and took off from…Accident 20230115000589APiper PA-12 · Anchorage, AKOn 1/16/2023 on return from a personal flight the accident pilot attempted a landing on a snow covered runway. Pilot stated he was unaware of the depth of the snow. On landing the aircraft encountered deep snow which caused the main wheels to sink. The…Accident 20220918016799APiper PA-12 · Tok, AKOn Sunday, sept 18 at 8:30AM I departed from pamr to go help [privacy data omitted]friend with his moose hunting equipment. I flew 3.2HR to ptfo where I refueled, then continued onto the wrangell st. elias preserve. I departed ptfo at 12:50 pm AKST. I found…Accident 20220811014469APiper PA-12 · Arctic Village, AKPilot in command (PIC) messaged [privacy data omitted]at 0045L on 8/11/2022 requesting her to check weather cams for artic Village. [privacy data omitted] Messaged back at 0646L for clear skies at Arctic Village. PIC messaged [privacy data omitted] 0933L that…Incident 20220803013999IPiper PA-12 · Palmer, AKTurning downwind to final pilot felt right hand rudder pedal had feedback and had no rudder responce. Landed on off field runway.Accident 20220722012989APiper PA-12 · Lexingtion, ORPilot left khio and headed for klgd a little after 11AM. Pilot decided to land at 9S9 to pick up some fuel. Aircraft touched down a few minutes before 1PM. The touch down and first part of the roll out were routine. Pilot touched down where he intended and at…Accident 20220716007159APiper PA-12 · Cape May Court, NJA Piper cruiser (PA12) was attempting a banner pick up maneuver at Paramount Airport (JY04). As the pilot attempted to pick-up the banner, he missed the pick-up and began his climb out maneuver. The climb out was extremely steep, and at the top of the climb…Incident 20220621010829IPiper PA-12 · Paxson, AKThe pilot initiated taxi for takeoff in a Piper PA-12 after conducting a preflight and computer weather briefing. Taxi and takeoff were initiated on a road with flaggers for road traffic. The road is used in lieu of the runway due to the runway being over…Accident 20220528007919APiper PA-12 · North Myrtle Be, SCAfter an uneventful banner drop, pilot was attempting to pick up second banner. The banner line was caught, and plane was executing the nose up maneuver, but continued the nose up attitude past the normal amount all the way up to near vertical, stalling the…Accident 20220524006249APiper PA-12 · Seagraves, TXOn may 24, 2022, at approx. 1051 CDT, a Piper PA-12 bearing registration number N178466, registered to a private individual, impacted the ground. The location was 3.5 sw of Seagraves TX. The aircraft was being operated on a personal flight. Unknown…Accident 20220514007029APiper PA-12 · Enterprise, ORThe student pilot departed runway 30 and at an altitude of 500-600' AGL oil started covering the windshield which was limiting his forward visibility. The pilot decided to land off airport into a stubble field. The cause of the oil loss has been determined to…Incident 20220320004009IPiper PA-12 · Lakeway, TXPilot conducted preflight iaw aircraft POH and POH supplement for floats and noted no discrepancies. Pilot conducted engine runup holding short runway 16/34 and the brakes were operational. During back taxiway on rwy 16 for takeoff on rwy 16, the brakes lost…Accident 20211130020029APiper PA-12 · Labelle, FLPart 91 flight aircraft from [privacy data omitted] private runway, crashing in field Labelle, Florida. Piper PA-12 registration N30989M, serial number 12-1784, pilot reported loss of engine power crashing, aircraft destroyed. One pilot severely injured with…Incident 20210919016199IPiper PA-12 · North Myrtle Be, SCEon-dra message text: Myrtle beach, SC: N4421M, PA12, made an emergency landing on the beach near 82nd ave due to the aircraft experiencing a sudden loss of power. POB: 1, injuries: none, damage: extent unknown. 09/19/2021 1740Z Pilot statement: on Sunday…Accident 20210906015399APiper PA-12 · Beluga, AKPilot took off from merrill field at 1229PM. Attempted to land at Off Airport strip (3500 MSL upslope, one way in, one way out). Time of accident was 1:22PM. First time at this location. Pilot could see previous landing tracks. Made a pass over strip and…Accident 20210827013999APiper PA-12 · Nicolai, AKDescription: During touchdown on an unimproved air strip a strong gust of crosswind hit the aircraft. As the pilot started to correct, one of the main tires hit a rock and the aircraft became airborne again. The pilot aborted the landing but could not gain…Incident 20210730012119IPiper PA-12 · Prineville, ORDuring landing rollout on rwy 29, the pilot applied brakes with the right brake seeming to stick causing the airplane to veer towards the edge of the rwy. The pilot applied left rudder and was able to correct somewhat but when he applied more braking the…
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