# Accident 20250626006959A: Piper PA-22-135, Sweetwater, TX, June 26, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2025, 12:19 local time
- Place: Sweetwater, TX
- Airport: Avenger Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4674° N, 100.4665° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4674&lon=-100.4665&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2300A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2300A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (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-22-135
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 277 total, 39 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA222) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250626006959A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 26, 2025, AT 1219 CDT, A PA-22-135 REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL GROUND LOOPED UPON LANDING ROLL OUT AT AVENGER FLD (SWW) IN SWEETWATER, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR.  THE CERTIFICATED PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM AERO VALLEY AIRPORT (52F) ROANOKE, TX ON JUNE 26, 2025, AT 1015 CDT.

## 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 CEN25LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA222), Jun 26, 2025: Piper PA-22-135 (N2300A), Sweetwater, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing with a crosswind.

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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