# NTSB Accident SEA99LA040
> **Piper PA-12** · 1999-03-06 · SALEM, OR, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA99LA040
- **Event ID:** 20001205X00394
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-03-06
- **Location:** SALEM, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.010055, -122.909072
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-12
- **Registration:** N4328X
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot-in-command's misjudgment of distance/altitude on final approach, and overload of the left main landing gear. A factor was the embankment at the end of the landing strip.

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