# Incident 19880303022909I: Piper PA22, Anchorage, AK, March 3, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1988, 14:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2828P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2828P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 53 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880303022909I

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. VEERED OFF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N2828P (3)

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

- [Accident 20150531013389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150531013389A), May 31, 2015: Piper PA-22 (N2828P), Skwentna, AK, Destroyed. Accident occurred on may 31st, 2015 at approximately 8PM. The student pilot/pic had planned a goose bay, talkeetna, and Skwentna, Alaska solo cross-country…
- [Accident 19890529013139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890529013139A), May 29, 1989: Piper PA22 (N2828P), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Engine quit. Nosed over landing on a river gravel bar. Engine case had cracked.
- [Incident 19880628033139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880628033139I), Jun 28, 1988: Piper PA22 (N2828P), Beluga, AK, Minor damage. Lost directional control on takeoff roll from a road. Veered off road and hit some brush. Landing gear broke off.

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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