- Date
- July 19, 1968
- Place
- Soldotna, AK · SOLDOTNA, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2812MPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109272
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2489 68/7/19 SOLDOTNA,ALAS PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2105 N2812M PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 35, 3800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOLDOTNA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LEFT MAG,BENDIX SF4LN-8 SN179840,DRIVE GEAR SHAFT SHEARED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2812M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Soldotna
N2812MRegistration cancelled Aug 27, 2012 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.