# Incident 20220724013109I: Piper PA-25-235, Independence, OR, July 24, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2022, 14:15 local time
- Place: Independence, OR
- Airport: Independence State
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8672° N, 123.1982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDEPENDENCE STATE (7S5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8672&lon=-123.1982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6900Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6900Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-25-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 62 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220724013109I

## Narrative

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

FROM THE PILOT'S PERSPECTIVE:

THIS WAS THE FIRST TOW OF THE DAY.  I FLEW MY NORMAL APPROACH WHEN I FLY MY 172 BUT THIS TIME I FORGOT THAT I HAD MY TOW ROPE ATTACHED.  I FLEW LEFT TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 34 AND WAS ABOUT 1,000' ON DOWNWIND.  I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THE ROPE HAD CAUGHT AND BROKEN UNTIL I GOT OUT OF THE PLANE AND STARTED LOOKING FOR THE END OF THE ROPE.

I AM THINKING THAT FATIGUE AND DEHYDRATION AS WELL AS A SUNBURN THAT I HAD JUST GOTTEN DISTRACTED ME.  IT WAS HOT THAT DAY.  WE NORMALLY LAND RUNWAY 16 WHICH DOESN'T HAVE A FENCE OR ROAD TO WORRY ABOUT.  I JUST GOT DISTRACTED IT SEEMS.

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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