Piper PA 12 N2333M

Summary

On 1 February 2019 at about 18:00 local time, a Piper PA 12 registered N2333M was involved in an accident near Cedar City, Utah, United States. 2 people were 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

1 February 2019 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Cedar City, Utah, United States

Coordinates

37.4050, -112.9092

Aircraft

Piper PA 12

Registration

N2333M

Category

Airplane

Year built

1946

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hurricane → Cedar City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA19CA125

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain pitch control while conducting a touch-and-go landing on an unimproved, snow-covered airstrip, which resulted in a nose-over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, before landing at an unimproved snow-covered airstrip, he chose to do a "low flyby with a light touch" to gauge the landing surface condition. He added that, when the airplane touched down on "what looked like compact snow," the landing gear dug into the snow crust, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, the windshield, and the empennage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.