# Accident 19850804036029A: Piper PA22135, Mccarthy, AK, August 4, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1985, 09:15 local time
- Place: Mccarthy, AK
- Airport: Mccarthy Nr2
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4333° N, 142.9217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McCarthy, AK, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4333&lon=-142.9217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2566A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2566A-2012-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22135
- Reported engine: LYC O290D2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 289 total, 174 in this make and model, 107 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC85LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850804036029A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WHILE EXECUTING A LOW LEVEL TURN AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREE TOPS. IMPACTED GROUND SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC85LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC85LA143), Aug 4, 1985: Piper PA-22 (N2566A), Mccarthy, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2566A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800124018199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800124018199I), Jan 24, 1980: Piper PA22135 (N2566A), Juneau, AK, Minor damage. While taxiing for takeoff on frozen lake, the pilot taxied into overflow water. Nose gear collapsed.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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