- Date
- May 23, 1984, 17:00 local (May 24, 1984, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Palmer, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3988MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840523023109A
- Case key
- 4209
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft landed fast & long on the rough 1300 ft grass & dirt rwy. At the departure end of the strip, the the acft nosed over as the plt was applying braking action.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3988M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-3004
- Airframe hours
- 2,986
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Herbert P Schroeder
- Registered owner
- Gary T. Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 29, 1983 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- 14AK · Palmer, AK
- Airport
- 14AK · Four Corners, runway 36, 1,300 × 80 ft, grass/turf
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 25 in this make and model · 27 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3988M · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.