# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-12, 1982 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 NYC83LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA002.md): Piper PA-12 · Bernville, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 3, 1982 · N3849M · Substantial damage > The pilot reported that the plane crashed after the right wing tip hit the top of a tree during landing. He reported that he had flown only 2 hrs in the last 90 days. He noted that this was only a 13 minute flight. He thought that he would have been more… - [NTSB SEA83LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA001.md): Piper PA-12 · Salmon, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 30, 1982 · N2343M · Substantial damage > The plt reported that the strip had about 1,500 ft of usable length, the remaining 3,050 ft consisted of unpacked snow &slush. The usable width of the first 1,500 ft was reported as 8-12 ft. at the time of takeoff the first 1,500 ft was covered with hard… - [NTSB ANC82DA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA099.md): Piper PA-12 · Nr. White Mount, AK · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Sep 27, 1982 · N7765H · Substantial damage > The aircraft collided with the tundra during a forced landing in marginal weather. The pilot said the engine continued to lose engine RPM even though he used carburetor heat. The carburetor heat hose was found to be badly deteriorated during post accident… - [NTSB ANC82DAG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG55.md): Piper PA-12 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Sep 17, 1982 · N3829M · Destroyed > The acft was observed to lift off at the end of the lake, turn downwind & stall, the acft was over max takeoff gross weight & the rear CG was beyond the aft limit. - [NTSB DEN82FTG06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTG06.md): Piper PA-12 · Oakes, ND · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Aug 27, 1982 · N7715H · Destroyed > Several witnesses reported that the purpose of the flight was blackbird control of a sunflower field. There was speculation by local residents that the aircraft was being used to spread poisoned corn. This was substantiated when corn and a portion of an… - [NTSB LAX82DA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA317.md): Piper PA-12 · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 21, 1982 · N98931 · Destroyed > The aircraft collided with trees during takeoff from a 900 foot, dirt strip. The weather was VFR. The temperature was 102 degrees. No accident report was filed. The pilot had an expired medical certificate. - [NTSB ANC82DA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA071.md): Piper PA-12 · Polly Creek, AK · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 13, 1982 · N2701M · Substantial damage > The pilot landed on the beach near the mouth of Polly Creek to go fishing. After fishing for several hours. He noticed fuel leaking from the filler cap on the left main tank. This occurred when fuel cross-flowed from the right auxiliary tank. The pilot turned… - [NTSB ANC82DA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA045.md): Piper PA-12 · Near Anchorage, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Aug 7, 1982 · N251T · Substantial damage > The pilot reported that during flight, the engine quit when the right tank went dry. He switched the fuel selector to the left tank, but the engine would not start. Subsequently, the plane was damaged during a forced landing in a creek bottom Near powerlines.… - [NTSB NYC82DA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA180.md): Piper PA-12 · Long Branch, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 2, 1982 · N2705M · Destroyed > Even though he had performed several banner pick-ups during the afternoon the pilot did no refueling. After 4 hours of towing banners the engine quit. The pilot stated the gauges read 1/3 full of fuel. The pilot ditched the aircraft which sank and has not… - [NTSB SEA82DA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA109.md): Piper PA-12 · Eugene, OR · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 13, 1982 · N3171M · Substantial damage > The pilot was high and fast on approach and bounced on the first touchdown. On the second touchdown the aircraft swerved and the left main landing gear collapsed. - [NTSB ATL82FIJ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FIJ02.md): Piper PA-12 · Dunbar, WV · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · May 10, 1982 · N7583H · Substantial damage > The pilot took off eastbound toward multiple power lines that crossed the river. The aircraft climbed to about 100 feet and was turning left away from the wires when it nosed over and crashed into the river. The pilot did not have a seaplane rating but had… - [NTSB CHI82DA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA152.md): Piper PA-12 · Quincy, IN · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · May 3, 1982 · N7606H · Substantial damage > During a pleasure flight, the pilot elected to make an approach to a new runway that he was building. His approach was made from west to east; the wind was reported to be from the north at 7 KTS. The pilot stated that he throttled the engine back to a normal… ## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1982 AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7101202')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7101202&year=1982 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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