# Accident 20110526009699A: Piper PA-22-160, Yakima, WA, May 26, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2011, 11:45 local time
- Place: Yakima, WA
- Airport: Yakima Air Terminal/Mcallister
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5682° N, 120.5440° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field (YKM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5682&lon=-120.5440&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8712D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8712D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 242 total, 35 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110526009699A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM OREGON WHEN HE CONTACTED YAKIMA ATC AND RECEIVED A CLEARANCE TO LAND STRAIGHT IN ON RUNWAY 27. REPORTED WINDS WERE 210 AT 6KTS. AS THE MAIN WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN PILOT STATED A GUST OF WIND LIFTED HIS LEFT WING AND HE WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT IN SUFFICIENT TIME, LOSING CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPING THE AIRCRAFT. THE RIGHT WING TIP HIT THE RUNWAY AS THE AIRCRAFT YAWED LEFT AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED UNDER THE FUSELAGE. THE PROPELLER LIGHTLY IMPACTED THE RUNWAY AT IDLE. THE PILOT INFORMED ATC, SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND EXITED THROUGH THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE DOOR. THERE WAS NO FUEL LEAKS OR POST ACCIDENT FIRE. THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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