# Accident 20140728015199A: Piper PA-22, Dillingham, AK, July 28, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2014, 15:45 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Airport: Dillingham
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.8194° N, 157.8609° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.8194&lon=-157.8609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8883C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8883C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 600 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC14LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140728015199A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 18, 2014, AT 1545 ALASKA DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-22, N8883C, EXPERIENCED A GROUND LOOP

DURING LANDING ROLL ON RUNWAY 19 AT THE DILLINGHAM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (DLG), DILLINGHAM, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM EKUK, ALASKA, ABOUT 1430 AND WAS DESTINED TO DLG. THERE WERE NO PREACCIDENT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OR ANOMALIES THAT WOULD HAVE PRECLUDED NORMAL OPERATION.

## 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 ANC14LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14LA056), Jul 28, 2014: Piper PA-22 (N8883C), Dillingham, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing due to his decision to attempt a landing with a quartering tailwind, which resulted in a ground loop and impact with the runway…

## Other reports on N8883C (2)

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

- [Accident 19990515020569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990515020569A), May 15, 1999: Piper PA22 (N8883C), Dillingham, AK, Substantial damage. On may 15, 1999, at 1754 Alaska daylight time, a tailwheel equipped Piper PA-20 airplane, N8883C, sustained substantial damage when it departed the edge of…
- [Accident 19760718027449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760718027449A), Jul 18, 1976: Piper PA22 (N8883C), Dillingham, AK, Substantial damage. Selector on empty tank. Lndd in tundra.

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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