# Accident 20170624008619A: Piper PA-22, Pendleton, OR, June 24, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2017, 08:04 local time
- Place: Pendleton, OR
- Airport: Eastern Oregon Regional Airpor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6969° N, 118.8503° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6969&lon=-118.8503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2473P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2473P) (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 PA-22
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,260 total, 170 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA363) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170624008619A

## Narrative

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

FOLLOWING LANDING ON RWY 11 AT KPDT, DURING ROLLOUT THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE TAIL WHEEL AIRPLANE AND FLIPPED IT OVER, NOSE FIRST, AT ABOUT 1000' PAST THE THRESHOLD, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER AND RIGHT WING.  NO PILOT INJURIES.

THE PILOT CLAIMS A GUST OF WIND OR DUST DEVIL CAUSED HIS RIGHT WING TO LIFT ABOUT 4' OR 5', TO WHICH HE INPUT RIGHT RUDDER AND AILERON WITH FULL THROTTLE.  AT THAT POINT HE SAYS THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS HEADED FOR A GROUP OF LANDING LIGHTS WHICH LED HIM TO APPLYING HEAVY BRAKING ACTION RESULTING IN THE PLANE FLIPPING OVER.   THE PILOT ALSO CLAIMS HE BELIEVES THERE WAS A TWISTER UNDER HIS TAIL AS WELL.

## 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 GAA17CA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA363), Jun 24, 2017: Piper PA 22 (N2473P), Pendleton, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a tailwind.

## Other reports on N2473P (1)

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

- [Accident 19740203018329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740203018329A), Feb 3, 1974: Piper PA22 (N2473P), Trout Lake, MI, Substantial damage

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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