# NTSB ANC68D0069: Piper PA-12, N7856H, Tok, AK, September 21, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 21, 1967
- Place: Tok, AK · TOK, AK
- Location: 63.3367° N, 142.9856° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tok, AK, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.3367&lon=-142.9856&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113904
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC68D0069
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC68D0069

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3745  67/9/21    TOK,ALAS            PIPER PA-12         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 27, 280
        TIME - 1100                    N7856H              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MENTASTA LODGE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
        REMARKS- TRUCK PULLED UNDER ACFT AS PILOT WAS ABOUT TO TOUCHDOWN.TAILWHEEL CAUGHT CAB OF TRUCK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7856H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7856H), registered now, S/N 12-757, 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 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mentasta Lodge

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.

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