Piper PA-12 N2328M

Summary

On 22 August 2007 at about 20:15 local time, a Piper PA-12 registered N2328M was involved in an accident near Kenai, Alaska, 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.

Date

22 August 2007 at 20:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Kenai, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

60.7811, -151.9086

Aircraft

Piper PA-12

Registration

N2328M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → Kenai

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC07LA092

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude/clearance from a parked airplane during the landing flare.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private certificated pilot was landing at a remote airstrip that was about 1,100 feet long, and about 20 feet wide. An unoccupied airplane was parked close to the airstrip threshold. During the landing flare, the left wing of the accident airplane struck the propeller of the parked airplane. The accident airplane then collided with the ground and received structural damage to the left wing spar, left aileron, and the right elevator. In the Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1) submitted by the pilot, the pilot reported that during the landing, his attention was diverted from the parked airplane. In the portion of the report titled: "How could this accident have been prevented," the pilot indicated that he could have landed beyond the other airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.