# NTSB Accident ANC06CA096
> **Piper PA-12** · 2006-07-23 · Anchorage, AK, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ANC06CA096
- **Event ID:** 20060817X01195
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2006-07-23
- **Location:** Anchorage, AK, USA
- **Coordinates:** 61.186943, -149.96527
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-12
- **Registration:** N4017M
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in the airplane departing the runway and colliding with a runway light and the ground.  Factors contributing to the accident were an inadvertent ground loop, and the collapse of the right main landing gear.

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