# NTSB MIA72AM082: Piper PA-12, N98991, Missing Aircraft, February 10, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 10, 1972
- Place: Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 17, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165549
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA72AM082
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA72AM082

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1155  72/2/10    MISSING AIRCRAFT    PIPER PA-12         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 32,
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N98991              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  206 TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          KNOXVILLE,TENN              LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT DMG AND INJ INDEX PRESUMED. DEPT AT TWILIGHT. NO RECORD FOUND FOR PLT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N98991](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98991-1973-05-24), registration cancelled 1973-05-24, S/N 12-349 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-12
- Registry model: [Piper PA-12](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (registry code 7101202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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