Accident Piper PA-12 N3200M, Sunday 30 August 1998

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Date:	Sunday 30 August 1998
Time:	09:00 LT
Type:	Piper PA-12
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N3200M
MSN:	12-1872
Engine model:	Lycoming O-320-EZD
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Chugiak, AK - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Soldotna, AK (SXQ)
Destination airport:	(KBCV)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot ground looped his tundra tire equipped, tailwheel airplane while landing on a dry, hard-faced runway. Postaccident inspection of the airplane discovered no preaccident mechanical anomalies. An FAA advisory circular notes the increased ground control handling difficulties of tundra tire equipped airplanes while operating on hard-surfaced runways.

Probable Cause: The pilot's inadvertent ground loop of the airplane during the landing roll.

Accident investigation: