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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-135 · Yakima, WA · February 25, 1988

Date
February 25, 1988 · 15:45 local
Place
Yakima, WA
Airport
Yakima Air Terminal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8919C
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA88LA052
Reported as
Piper PA22135
Reported engine
Lycoming O290D2
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,893 total12 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

First flight after purchase ground looped on the landing roll. Left wing spar broken and fuselage buckled.

As the FAA filed it

FIRST FLIGHT AFTER PURCHASE GROUND LOOPED ON THE LANDING ROLL. LEFT WING SPAR BROKEN AND FUSELAGE BUCKLED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.