# Accident 20190829011649A: Piper PA-22-150, Talkeetna, AK, August 29, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2019, 17:51 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Talkeetna
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.3214° N, 150.0928° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3214&lon=-150.0928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7236D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7236D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (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-22-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 300 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC19LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19LA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190829011649A

## Narrative

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

ON 08-29-2019 AT 1751 LOCAL TIME A PIPER PA-22 PILOTED BY MAVERICK BRADY AND STUDENT ROGER DITCHER WHILE DRAGGING AND OFF AIRPORT LANDING SITE THE PILOT HEARD AN AUDIBLE "POP" AND NOTICED A PARTIAL SEPARATION OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR.  THEY RETURNED TO TALKEETNA, CONDUCTED A FLY-BY AND WERE INFORMED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS VISIBLY DETACHED.  THE PILOT CONDUCTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 19 AT TALKEETNA.  THE AIRCRAFT GROUND-LOOPED DUE TO THE DETACHED LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE.  THE PILOT AND STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED.

POST-CRASH INSPECTION REVEALED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FORWARD ATTACHMENT POINT WELD HAD FAILED RESULTING IN THE DETACHMENT OF THE FORWARD MOUNTING POINT FROM THE FUSELAGE.

TELEPHONE COUNSELING WAS CONDUCTED WITH THE PILOT, DISCUSSION OF THROUGH PRE-FLIGHT ACTIONS AND VISUAL INSPECTION AND RISK ASSESSMENT OF LANDING ZONE WHEN PERFORMING OFF-FIELD LANDINGS.  PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED COUNSELING AND AGREED TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE LEARNED WITH OTHER PILOTS AND STUDENTS.

## 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 ANC19LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19LA047), Aug 29, 2019: Piper PA-22-150 (N7236D), Talkeetna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of the aft left weld-on fuselage landing gear fitting due to a poor weld joint.

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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