- Date
- May 12, 1992, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Easton, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98951Piper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920512014349A
- Case key
- 11784
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing and failure to maintain directional control.
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 pilot stated that during touchdown the airplane bounced and turned to the right. The pilot stated he initiated a 'go-around' to avoid hitting obstacles on the side of the runway. The pilot said he maneuvered the airplane around parked airplanes, a building, fuel pumps, hangars, and a house, before impacting two trees. The pilot reported there was no airplane mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98951
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-306
- Airframe hours
- 3,584
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Future Flyers Incorporated
- Registered owner
- Future Flyers Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 16, 1992 · 22 hours before
- Airport
- N43 · Easton, runway 36, 1,900 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 99 total · 15 in this make and model · 34 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABE, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.