ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 380627
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 October 1983 |
| Time: | 16:07 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-12 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4433M |
| MSN: | 12-3386 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1813 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Anchorage, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PLT REPORTED THE FLOATS HAD JUST BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ACFT & THAT HE MADE THIS FLT TO REFAMILIARIZE HIMSELF WITH FLYING IT WITH WHEELS AGAIN. AFTER MAKING ABOUT 10 TOUCH-GO-GO LANDINGS, THE PLT ELECTED TO MAKE A FULL STOP LANDING. HE REPORTED THAT AFTER LANDING, THE ACFT HAD ROLL APRX 300 FT WITH THE TAIL ON THE GROUND WHEN THE MAIN WHEELS FELT LIKE THEY WERE DIGGING IN THE GRAVEL RWY. HE APPLIED POWER & TRIED TO CORRECT THE SITUATION, BUT THE ACFT CONTINUED TO NOSE OVER. IN HIS ACCIDENT REPORT, THE PLT DID NOT INDICATE TO WHAT EXTENT THAT HE USED BRAKING ACTION. THE ACFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH OVER SIZED TIRES. ANOTHER PLT, WHO LANDED AFTER THE MISHAP, REPORTED THAT THE GRAVEL ON THE RWY AFFECTED HIS ACFT BY CAUSING IT TO VEER SLIGHTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE.
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Sources:
NTSB ANC84IA009
History of this aircraft
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| 25 February 2023 | N4433M | Alberco LLC | 0 | Ebeemee Township, ME | |
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| 01-Apr-2024 18:43 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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