Piper PA-12 N4328X
6 March 1999 · Salem, Oregon, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 6 March 1999 at about 00:30 local time, a Piper PA-12 registered N4328X was involved in an accident near Salem, Oregon, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. 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 00:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Salem, Oregon, United States
- Coordinates
- 45.0101, -122.9091
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-12
- Registration
- N4328X
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Aurora → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- SEA99LA040
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's misjudgment of distance/altitude on final approach, and overload of the left main landing gear. A factor was the embankment at the end of the landing strip.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that 'while practicing [a] short field approach, I landed a little shorter than planned.' The aircraft impacted the up-sloping terrain short of the threshold to the pilot's 900 foot long, turf landing strip and nosed over, coming to rest approximately 18 feet beyond the gear contact with the up-sloping edge. The left main landing gear folded aft upon ground impact.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-12 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 1999 | Piper PA-12 | Orange, Massachusetts, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jun 1999 | Piper PA-12 | Panhandle, Texas, United States | Rudy F. Robinson | No injuries | - |
| 5 Jun 1999 | Piper PA-12 | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jul 1999 | Piper PA-12 | Dillingham, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Oct 1999 | Piper PA-12 | Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Sep 1999 | Piper PA-12 | Neguanee, Michigan, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 1999 | Walentine RV4 | Creswell, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Dec 1999 | Beechcraft 95-B55 | Hermiston, Oregon, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 21 May 1999 | Cessna 182N | Granite, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Aug 1999 | Schweizer 269C | Westport, Oregon, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 9 Sep 1999 | Piper PA-23-160 | Hillsboro, Oregon, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 10 Sep 1999 | Wild Goose A1 | Keizer, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |