# Accident 20250326003209A: Piper PA-22, Madras, OR, March 26, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2025, 10:15 local time
- Place: Madras, OR
- Airport: Madras Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6667° N, 121.1535° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6667&lon=-121.1535&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1418C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1418C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 181 total, 39 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250326003209A

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN STATED HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 16 AT MADRAS, WINDS WERE REPORTED AS 015 AT 6 KTS DURING ROLL OUT THE AIRMAN ENCOUNTERED A WIND GUST, AND THE AIRPLANE ROLLED ONTO THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT HALF OF THE ELEVATOR.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ALL THREE WHEELS. PICTURES SENT BY THE AIRMAN SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING AND RIGHT HALF OF ELEVATOR.

## 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 WPR25LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA120), Mar 26, 2025: Piper PA-22 (N1418C), Madras, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control during landing roll with gusty winds.

## Other reports on N1418C (1)

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

- [Accident 19780225001889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780225001889A), Feb 25, 1978: Piper PA22 (N1418C), San Bernardino, CA, Substantial damage. Plt landed acft between rnwy and taxiway. Rnwy lights not on.

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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