ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 289129
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| Date: | Sunday 10 July 2011 |
| Time: | 12:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-12 |
| Owner/operator: | Patrick Martinez |
| Registration: | N2318M |
| MSN: | 12-1385 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3110 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gulkana, Alaska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage, AK (Z41) |
| Gulkana Airport, AK (GKN/PAGK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that the tailwheel-equipped airplane bounced following a hard landing. He applied remedial control inputs, but upon touching down again, he lost directional control and the airplane ground-looped. The fuselage sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC11CA063
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 August 1984 | N2318M | Dennis Dee Linnell | 0 | Hope, AK | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 05-Oct-2022 10:10 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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