# Accident 20250630008529A: Piper PA-22-150, Chinitna Bay, AK, June 30, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2025, 16:30 local time
- Place: Chinitna Bay, AK
- Airport: Soldotna
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.8795° N, 153.0528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.8795&lon=-153.0528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3609Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3609Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (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-22-150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 203 total, 155 in this make and model, 96 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250630008529A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SOLDODTNA AIRPORT.

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, PILOT HEARD 2-3 LOUD BANGS WHILE CIRCLING CHINITNA BAY.

AFTER THE LOUD BANGS THE PILOT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED DECREASED RUDDER CONTROL.

PILOT STATED MADE A DETERMINATION TO LAND ON BEACH IN CHINITNA BAY.

PILOT STATED THAT THE RIGHT TIRE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE BEACH FIRST, AND THAT HE HAD NO RUDDER AUTHORITY DURING LANDING ROLL.

PILOT ATTEMPTED AILERON INPUT DURING THE LANDING PHASE.

AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON THE BEACH.

## 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 ANC25LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA060), Jul 1, 2025: Piper PA-22-150 (N3609Z), Chinitna Bay, AK, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N3609Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20121012023559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121012023559I), Oct 12, 2012: Piper PA-22-150 (N3609Z), San Marcos, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot was performing touch and go arounds, on the fifth take off during at rotation aircraft veared left and pilot could not prevent ground looping with impact…

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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