NTSB ATL85LA174 — 1985-05-27 · HICKORY, North Carolina, United States

Current FAA registration · N2378M

Make / Model: PIPER PA-12
Year of manufacture: 1946 · 39 years old at event
Engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES (115 hp)
Seats / Engines: 3 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19560602
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A225FD

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N2378M Piper PA-12 None

Factual narrative

DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE PLT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE ACFT & IT GROUND LOOPED & RAN OFF THE RWY. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE LEFT TIRE WENT FLAT, THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED & THE LEFT WING WAS DAMAGED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_ATL85LA174.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Search this event elsewhere

External sources are reported, not agency: signal that something happened, not fact about what happened.