# Accident 20250325003079A: Piper PA-22-160, Tracy, CA, March 25, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2025, 09:30 local time
- Place: Tracy, CA
- Airport: Tracy Municipal Airportla
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6889° N, 121.4416° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6889&lon=-121.4416&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9528D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9528D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (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-22-160
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 138 total, 21 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250325003079A

## Narrative

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

ON 3/25/2025 I WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A PIPER PACER PA20-22 TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT AT KTCY AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 AM PST.

AFTER INITIALLY LANDING AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30AM PST AT KTCY AND IT BEING A SLOPPY LANDING I DECIDED TO MAKE A COUPLE PRACTICE APPROACHES AND LANDINGS BEFORE DEPARTING THE AREA. THE FIRST PRACTICE LANDING RESULTED IN A BOUNCE THAT PROMPTED A GO AROUND. THE SECOND PRACTICE LANDING FELT GOOD AND THE PLANE INITIALLY TRACKED FAIRLY STRAIGHT BUT WITH A SLIGHT RIGHT DRIFT. I ATTEMPTED TO COMPENSATE LEFT AND OVER COMPENSATED RESULTING A SHARP TRACK ACROSS THE RUNWAY. I THEM COMPENSATED RIGHT ALSO OVER USING THE RUDDER PEDAL SETTING UP AN EXTREME RIGHT ANGLE, I THEN STEERED LEFT AT AN EXTREME ANGLE RESULTING IN A GROUND LOOP. THE PLANE STRUCK THE RIGHT WING DAMAGING IT AND TWISTING THE TAILWHEEL OFF THE REAR OF THE FUSELAGE TWISTING AND DAMAGING THE REAR FUSELAGE IN THE PROCESS. THE PLANE CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO MYSELF OR THE ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD.

## 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 WPR25LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA121), Mar 25, 2025: Piper PA-22-160 (N9528D), Tracy, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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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