# Accident 20061022029459A: Piper PA20135, Anchorage, AK, October 22, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2006, 17:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2136° N, 149.8445° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2136&lon=-149.8445&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3404A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3404A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20-135 (registry code 7102010, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20135
- Reported engine: LYC O290
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,750 total, 150 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC07CA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07CA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061022029459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 25 AT THE MERRILL FIELD AIRPORT (MRI) ALASKA, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT OFF THE RUNWAY. HE STATED AS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED HE ATTEMPTED COUNTERING THE TURN WITH RUDDER AND BRAKE APPLICATIONS, BUT THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY AND GROUND LOOPED. DURING THE EVENT THE LEFT WINGTIP WAS DAMAGED AS IT CONTACTED THE GROUND. IN ADDITION, THE LEFT ELEVATOR, LEFT LOWER FUSELAGE LONGERON AND LEFT LANDING GEAR WERE DAMAGED. THE PILOT STATED THE BRAKES WERE PROBABLY NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN. HE ALSO STATED THAT DURING THE TIME OF LANDING THE WIND WAS EIGHTY (80) DEGREES TO THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT AT APPROXIMATELY TEN (10) KNOTS.

## 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 ANC07CA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07CA004), Oct 23, 2006: Piper PA-20-135 (N3404A), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop and encounter with terrain. Factors associated with the accident were the…

## Other reports on N3404A (1)

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

- [Accident 19820226001029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820226001029A), Feb 26, 1982: Piper PA20135 (N3404A), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. Ski-equipped aircraft landing gear collapsed while it was taxiing to parking area.

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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