# NTSB ANC07LA092: Piper PA-12, N2328M, Kenai, AK, August 22, 2007 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 22, 2007, 12:15 local (20:15 UTC) - Place: Kenai, AK - Coordinates: 60.781112, -151.908615 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7811&lon=-151.9086&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 31, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: AL-FAA-ANC FSDO 03 - NTSB case key (mKey): 66992 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC07LA092 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66992/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07LA092 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude/clearance from a parked airplane during the landing flare. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown - object - aircraft parked/standing - altitude/clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown ## Analysis The private certificated pilot was landing at a remote airstrip that was about 1,100 feet long, and about 20 feet wide. An unoccupied airplane was parked close to the airstrip threshold. During the landing flare, the left wing of the accident airplane struck the propeller of the parked airplane. The accident airplane then collided with the ground and received structural damage to the left wing spar, left aileron, and the right elevator. In the Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1) submitted by the pilot, the pilot reported that during the landing, his attention was diverted from the parked airplane. In the portion of the report titled: "How could this accident have been prevented," the pilot indicated that he could have landed beyond the other airplane. ## Factual narrative On August 22, 2007, about 1215 Alaska daylight time, a tundra tire-equipped Piper PA-12 airplane, N2328M, sustained substantial damage when it collided with the propeller of a parked airplane during the landing flare at a remote airstrip, about 27 miles northwest of Kenai, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) cross-country personal flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The airplane was operated by the pilot. The private certificated pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at the Lake Hood Strip, Anchorage, Alaska, about 1115, and no flight plan was filed. On August 27, 2007, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, Anchorage Flight Standards District Office (FSDO), reported that he received a telephone call from the owner of a Cessna 185, N7372H, that had received damage to its propeller while parked at an airstrip near the Kustatan River. The pilot reported that it was struck by the accident airplane on August 22. During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC), on August 29, 2007, the accident pilot reported that he was landing toward the southeast at an airstrip that was about 1,100 feet long, and about 20 feet wide. The pilot said that he saw the unoccupied Cessna airplane parked close to the airstrip threshold. During the landing flare, the left wing of the accident airplane struck the propeller of the parked airplane. The accident airplane then collided with the ground and received structural damage to the left wing spar, left aileron, and the right elevator. In the Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1) submitted by the pilot, the pilot reported that during the landing, his attention was diverted from the parked airplane. In the portion of the report titled: "How could this accident have been prevented," the pilot indicated that he could have landed beyond the Cessna 185. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2328M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2328M), registered now, S/N 12-1483, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper PA-12 - Registry model: [Piper PA-12](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (registry code 7101202) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 12-1483 - Airframe hours: 3789 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-A2B 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Paul A. Weimer - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 2007, 25 hours before - Departed: Z41, Anchorage, AK - Destination: kenai, AK - Airport: runway 12, 1,100 × 20 ft, dirt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 77; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review August 1, 2006; seat: front; flight hours: 3,167 total, 3,100 in this make and model, 3,167 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 125° at 5 knots - Visibility: 30 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 1,000 ft overcast - Temperature: 61 °F ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20070822017669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070822017669A), Aug 22, 2007: Piper PA12, Kustatan, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) As reported by the pilot-in-command of the PA-12, he was landing at an unimproved off airport strip along the Kustatan river across the cook inlet, west… ## Other investigations on N2328M (2) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB ANC71FAG17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC71FAG17), Sep 3, 1970: Piper PA-12 (N2328M), Soldotna, AK, substantial damage - [NTSB ANC70D0090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC70D0090), Nov 4, 1969: Piper PA-12 (N2328M), Seward, AK, substantial damage From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. 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