# Accident 20210830015189A: Piper PA-22-135, Soldotna, AK, August 30, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2021, 12:49 local time
- Place: Soldotna, AK
- Airport: Soldotna Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.4800° N, 151.0400° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4800&lon=-151.0400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3419A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3419A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (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-22-135
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 101 total, 18 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC21LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210830015189A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED AT SOLDOTNA AIRPORT IN PA-22-135 WITH 2 PASSENGERS.  ON ROLLOUT, WHEN REACHING TO RETRACT FLAPS, AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT.  IN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT WITH LEFT RUDDER, AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO FISHTAIL.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WITH BRAKE ACTION, AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT AND OFF THE GRAVEL RUNWAY.   RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ANC21LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA082), Aug 30, 2021: Piper PA-22-135 (N3419A), Soldotna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a ground-loop.

## Other reports on N3419A (1)

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

- [Accident 20040218007669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040218007669A), Feb 18, 2004: Piper PA22135 (N3419A), Memphis, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft departed burlington, IA. Enroute to Memphis, MO. At 1441Z landed at Memphis on runway 12, winds reported at kirksville MO. (12 NM sw of Memphis)…

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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