# Accident 20220325004319A: Piper PA-20, AK, March 25, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2022, 13:30 local time
- Place: AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.7436° N, 142.2717° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7436&lon=-142.2717&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7074K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7074K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (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-20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 260 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC22LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22LA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220325004319A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED FROM PEEVEE BAR CABIN APPROXIMATELY 12:00PM. WEATHER, FEW HIGH CLOUDS, WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE. PLANE WAS LOADED AT 2/3 WEIGHT CAPACITY AND HAD 4HRS FUEL ONBOARD. AFTER AN HOUR OF FLIGHT, WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AT THE SITE OF WRECK AT THE HEAD OF THE FREDERIKA AND NIZINA GLACIERS. HAD DONE 5 TOUCH AND GOES PRIOR TO ACCIDENT IN THE AREA. DURING APPROACH FOR ANOTHER TOUCH AND GO NOTICED AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE WAS A LITTLE LOW SO INITIATED A GO AROUND. SHORTLY AFTER GO AROUND WAS INITIATED ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR PLANE STALLED DROPPING APPROXIMATELY 50 FT ONTO GLACIER. BOTH ME AND PASSENGER WHERE UNINJURED. THE LANDING GEAR HAD BENT UP TO THE STRUTS SO WE EXITED THROUGH THE BACK DOOR. WHILE WAITING AT WRECK SITE WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE WITH OCCASIONAL DOWN MOUNTAIN GUSTS.

## 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 ANC22LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC22LA027), Mar 25, 2022: Piper PA-20 (N7074K), Chitina, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the wing’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in a stall and impact with terrain.

## Other reports on N7074K (1)

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

- [Accident 19880628024259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880628024259A), Jun 28, 1988: Piper PA20 (N7074K), Medfra, AK, Substantial damage. Plane veered off runway into dense brush after wing hit tall brush on landing. Later PIC said veered while taxiing.

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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