# NTSB WPR26LA316: Piper PA-12, N7524H, Bemidji, MN, August 21, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: August 21, 2026, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Bemidji, MN
- Coordinates: 47.52735, -94.83757 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5273&lon=-94.8376&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203656
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA316
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203656/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA316

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-12, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=7101202), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7524H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7524H), registered now, S/N 12-388 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-12
- Registry model: [Piper PA-12](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (registry code 7101202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 12-388
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Departed: BJI, Bemidji, MN
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: None

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: KBJI, 4 nm away
- METAR: METAR KBJI 212115Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT100 23/17 A3000 RMK AO2 T02250166

## 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 20260821011209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260821011209A), Aug 21, 2026: Piper PA-12, Bemidji, MN, Substantial damage. The pilot-in-command was instructing the student pilot for his single engine sea rating. The two had performed ten amphibious landings that day, refueled and…

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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