Piper PA-12 N92585
22 November 1998 · Carrol, Iowa, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 22 November 1998 at about 21:30 local time, a Piper PA-12 registered N92585 was involved in an accident near Carrol, Iowa, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 21:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Carrol, Iowa, United States
- Coordinates
- 42.0606, -94.8590
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-12
- Registration
- N92585
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Sauk Center → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI99LA034
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate preflight inpection of the fuel tanks and filler neck caps before departure. Factors associated with this accident were the leaking right wing fuel tank filler cap and fuel exhaution.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot said he added 5-gallons of auto fuel to the left and right wing tanks before departure. He said he didn't visually check the fuel, but felt it with his finger in each fuel tank. While enroute to the destination airport, the engine stopped operating when the airplane was about 8-minutes north of the airport, according to the pilot. The pilot said he landed the airplane on a down-sloped field. As the airplane approached the end of the field the pilot said he applied elevator back-pressure to get the airplane to jump the ditches at its end. The airplane landed on a gravel road and bounced onto a plowed field, nosing over. The on-scene investigation revealed empty fuel tanks. The right wing had a colored stain similar to fuel that started at the fuel filler neck and went aft to the trailing edge. There was no colored stain near the left wing's fuel filler neck.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-12 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Nov 1998 | Piper PA-12 | Willow, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Aug 1998 | Piper PA-12 | Chugiak, Alaska, United States | William H. Smith | No injuries | - |
| 29 Sep 1998 | Piper PA-12 | Tyonek, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Oct 1998 | Piper PA-12 | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Sep 1998 | Piper PA-12 | New Stuyahok, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Aug 1998 | Piper PA-12 | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Nov 1998 | Piper PA-28-180 | Iowa Falls, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Aug 1998 | Needham GLASTAR | Allison, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 1998 | Balloon Works FIREFLY 7-15 | Waterloo, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jun 1998 | Sheets KITFOX II | Greenfield, Iowa, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 17 Jun 1998 | Piper PA28-151 | Jefferson, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Dec 1998 | Beechcraft 58 | Ankeny, Iowa, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |