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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Higgs Donald Bernard Pietenpol · Anacortes, WA · July 6, 2019

Date
July 6, 2019 · 17:15 local
Place
Anacortes, WA
Airport
Anacortes
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7169K
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA19CA396
Reported as
Higgs Donald Bernard Pietenpol
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After landing, during rollout, left front gear attach point broke off causing the aircraft to ground loop into a ditch and nose over landing upside-down.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING, DURING ROLLOUT, LEFT FRONT GEAR ATTACH POINT BROKE OFF CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP INTO A DITCH AND NOSE OVER LANDING UPSIDE-DOWN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.