Piper PA-12 N2368M

Summary

On 4 July 1983 at about 23:30 local time, a Piper PA-12 registered N2368M was involved in an accident near Anchorage, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 July 1983 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

70.1001, -149.8691

Aircraft

Piper PA-12

Registration

N2368M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC83LA116

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 ACFT WAS DAMAGED WHILE MAKING A FORCED LANDING AFTER THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE PILOT SAID HE WAS AT 1200 FEET NEAR POINT MACKENZIE WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. THE ENGINE STOPPED OPERATING A FEW SECONDS LATER. THE PILOT SAID HE HAD TROUBLE SWITCHING TANKS BECAUSE THE SELECTOR WAS IN A PLACE THAT WAS HARD TO SEE AND IT MADE HIM LOSE OUTSIDE REFERENCE. AFTER CHANGING TANKS THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. NO EVIDENCE WAS FOUND DURING EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED ANYTHING OTHER THAN NORMAL OPERATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.