# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-12: In flight encounter with weather NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. ## Latest cases - [NTSB DEN01LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA117.md): Piper PA-12 · Eagle, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 24, 2001 · N7850H · Substantial damage > the pilot's inadequate wind evaluation, and his inadequate planning/decision to land with a tailwind, at a density altitude of 13,418 feet. Contributing factors were the tailwind and the high density altitude weather condition. - [NTSB ANC01LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA044.md): Piper PA-12 · Cooper Landing, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 29, 2001 · N4028H · Substantial damage > The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument metrological conditions during cruise flight. Factors associated in the accident were low ceilings, whiteout conditions, and snow-covered terrain. - [NTSB ANC91LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91LA091.md): Piper PA-12 · Merrill Pass, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 6, 1991 · N121EF · Substantial damage > That the pilot failed to maintain an airspeed above stall speed. Contributing to the accident was the turbulence. - [NTSB NYC90LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA013.md): Piper PA-12 · Palmyra, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 15, 1989 · N765WM · Substantial damage > The pilot failed to maintain airspeed during a tight closed pattern turn to final. Contributing factor(s) was: the pilot initiating flight into known adverse weather conditions, which included fog and reduced visibility. - [NTSB ANC87LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC87LA135.md): Piper PA-12 · Glennallen, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 3, 1987 · N4451M · Substantial damage > The pilot related that he ran out of fuel enroute to his planned refueling stop and made an emergency landing on a highway, substantially damaging the airplane. He said that the enroute portion of his flight took much longer than anticipated due to strong… - [NTSB NYC87LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA205.md): Piper PA-12 · Spencer Lake, ME · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 1987 · N4202M · Substantial damage > The flight originated at Spencer Lake and flew north then south to baker lake. South of hedgehog mountain the flight encountered downdrafts and a loss of altitude at 500-600 feet per minute. Upon turning right to return to Spencer Lake the aircraft continued… - [NTSB SEA84LA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA220.md): Piper PA-12 · Juneau, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 14, 1984 · N92740 · Destroyed > Over a mountain pass the acft encountered turbulence the plt described as 'severe'. The acft lost 500 to 1,000 ft and turned 180 deg. A 180 deg climbing turn was initiated and the acft again flew into the turbulence. After the second encounter aileron and… - [NTSB ANC84FA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84FA120.md): Piper PA-12 · Cantwell, AK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 17, 1984 · N2537M · Substantial damage > Impact occurred at the 3,600 ft level on a steep slope of mountainous terrain. Instrument meteorological conditions were reported by pilots as well as ground personnel in the area. Loose and unstable terrain conditions limited the investigative effort. - [NTSB DEN84LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA132.md): Piper PA-12 · Jackson, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 20, 1984 · N2577M · Substantial damage > The acft crashed during takeoff from Jackson airport. Investigation revealed that the plt and CFI were in the process of ferrying the acft to Washington state. The plt stated that during taxi the airport UNICOM reported the wind to be from the northeast at 18… - [NTSB ANC83LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC83LA173.md): Piper PA-12 · Kenai, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 15, 1983 · N2430M · Destroyed > The acft collided with a ridgeline when the pilot attempted to fly through a pass. The pass was crested at about 3600 ftsurrounded by elevations of over 8000 ft MSL. The pilot stated that he was attempting to get through merrill pass because of hunters that… - [NTSB DEN83LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA079.md): Piper PA-12 · Coalville, UT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 13, 1983 · N3743M · Substantial damage > The acft nosed over during an precautionary landing due to deteriorating weather. The plt had received a weather briefing. The wx conditions deteriorated enroute due to a snow storm and the plt elected to land on a private strip to await improved weather. The… ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7101202') AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 240)) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7101202&occurrence=240 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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