Piper PA-12 N2904M

Summary

On 30 January 1983 at about 20:30 local time, a Piper PA-12 registered N2904M was involved in an accident near Anchorage, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 January 1983 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Merrill Field (MRI)

Coordinates

61.2194, -149.8490

Aircraft

Piper PA-12

Registration

N2904M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC83LA039

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT PLT STATED THAT ON THE LANDING ROLL WITH A 7 KT RIGHT X-WIND, THE ACFT BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE LEFT. REPORTEDLY, HE TRIED TO CORRECT WITH RIGHT RUDDER, BUT THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER HAD COME LOOSE & BECAME JAMMED UNDER THE RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT STRUCK A SNOW BERM NEAR THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER IS NORMALLY MOUNTED ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE PLT'S SEAT & IS EASY TO KICK. HE REPORTED NO MECHANICAL IRREGULARITIES WITH THE ACFT EXCEPT FOR THE FIRE, EXTINGUISHER CLAMP. AT 1635 AST, THE WIND WAS REPORTED AS CALM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.