# NTSB ANC84FAMS2: Piper PA-12, N3751M, Anchorage, AK, September 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Missing aircraft · Final report
- Date: September 27, 1984, 00:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4238
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC84FAMS2
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4238/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84FAMS2

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Missing aircraft, unknown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT DEPARTED ON 9-27-84 AND WAS REPORTED MISSING THE FOLLOWING DAY. USAF RCC CONDUCTED 140 UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH MISSIONS. NO WRECKAGE WAS EVER DISCOVERED. BOTH OCCUPANTS ARE PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN FATALLY INJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3751M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-12
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 122686
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-C 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Charles Middleton
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: ANC, ANCHORAGE, AK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: front; flight hours: 500 total, 100 in this make and model, 410 as pilot in command, 40 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Not reported

## 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 19840927075839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840927075839A), Sep 27, 1984: Piper PA12, AK, 1 fatal. Aircraft and occupants became missing a crosscountry flight. No trace ever found.

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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