# Accident 20190706010499A: Higgs Donald Bernard PIETENPOL, Anacortes, WA, July 6, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2019, 17:15 local time
- Place: Anacortes, WA
- Airport: Anacortes
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4986° N, 122.6625° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4986&lon=-122.6625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7169K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HIGGS DONALD BERNARD PIETENPOL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA396](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA396) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190706010499A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 GAA19CA396](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA396), Jul 7, 2019: Donald Bernard Higgs Pietenpol (N7169K), Anacortes, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left main landing gear attachment point during the landing roll for reasons that could not be determined because the attachment was not examined, which resulted in a loss of…

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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