# Accident 20250428005419A: Piper PA-28-140, Lakeview, OR, April 28, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2025, 13:15 local time
- Place: Lakeview, OR
- Airport: Lakeview
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1611° N, 120.3991° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1611&lon=-120.3991&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4505R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4505R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 541 total, 415 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250428005419A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS LANDING AT LAKEVIEW AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 35. PILOT ESTIMATED THAT THE WIND WAS AROUND 15 KNOTS ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY. TO COMPENSATE FOR THE WIND, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO USE NO FLAPS. SPEED WAS 75 TO 80 KNOTS ON APPROACH. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. PILOT TRIED BRAKING AND LEFT RUDDER BUT REPORTED AIRCRAFT INSTABILITY. THE PILOT INITIATED GO AROUND. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE. STALL WARNING CAME ON WITH THE AIRCRAFT AT 5 TO 10 FEET ALTITUDE. PILOT REDUCED BACKPRESSURE ON THE ELEVATOR AND THE AIRCRAFT SANK TO THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED AGRICULTURAL DITCH AND CAME TO RAPID STOP.

INSPECTOR ON SCENE EVALUATED TIRE TRACKS AND FOUND NOSE WHEEL MARKS ON THE RUNWAY AND NO MAIN GEAR MARKS FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LEADING TO JUST SHORT OF THE POINT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. FIRST CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY WAS AROUND 1000 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END.

WITH AIRCRAFT APPARENTLY LANDING NOSE WHEEL FIRST, THE WHEELS WITH BRAKES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT LATERAL CONTROL WOULD ALSO HAVE BEEN UNPREDICTABLE.  GO AROUND WAS INITIATED TOO LATE TO ALLOW THE AIRCRAFT TO SUCCESSFULLY TAKE OFF.

## 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 WPR25LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA143), Apr 28, 2025: Piper PA-28-140 (N4505R), Lakeview, OR, 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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