# NTSB ANC25LA089: Piper PA-12, N2638M, Egegik, AK, July 14, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 14, 2025, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC) - Place: Egegik, AK - Coordinates: 57.88, -157.27 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.8800&lon=-157.2700&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report January 9, 2026 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 200821 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC25LA089 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200821/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200821 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA089 ## Probable cause The pilot’s excessive use of brakes during landing roll, which resulted in a nose-over. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: surface speed/braking](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-12, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md?model=7101202), [All aircraft, 238 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-12, 51 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=7101202), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Landing gear system: landing gear brakes system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023240): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-12, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023240/cases.md?model=7101202), [All aircraft, 92 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023240/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-12, 36 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=7101202), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that, during the landing roll in a tailwheel-equipped airplane, he inadvertently applied excessive braking and the airplane nosed over, which resulted in substantial damage to the rudder. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2638M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2638M), registered now, S/N 12-981, 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: 12-981 - Year built: 1946 - Airframe hours: 3927 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-A reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 2025 - Departed: King Salmon, AK - Airport: NONE, Remote Strip ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 29; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, unknown; last flight review June 5, 2025; seat: front; flight hours: 2,201.8 total, 25.7 in this make and model, 2,000 as pilot in command, 235.7 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 220° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 3,100 ft overcast - Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 48 °F - Altimeter: 30.36 inHg - Observed at: AII, 19 nm away - METAR: PAII 142056Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM SCT020 OVC031 14/09 A3036 RMK AO2 SLP277 6//// T01390094 53009 PNO $ ## 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 20250714015299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250714015299A), Jul 14, 2025: Piper PA-12, Egegik, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot 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. ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 9, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200821. 8.2 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 7.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19412106&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA089%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 286 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19590249&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA089%20Photos-Rel.pdf 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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