# Accident 20250823015069A: Piper PA-20, Anchorage, AK, August 23, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2025, 12:18 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2164° N, 149.8321° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2164&lon=-149.8321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7050K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7050K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (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-20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 348 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250823015069A

## Narrative

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

PILOT #1 STATEMENT: DEPARTED PAMR AROUND 1130AM BOUND FOR Z40 FOR PRACTICE LANDINGS. RETURNED TO PAMR AROUND 1200PM FOR ADDITIONAL PRACTICE LANDINGS. IT WAS DECIDED TO PRACTICE A 3 POINT LANDING. TURNS OUT I'M NOT PROFICIENT AT 3 POINT LANDINGS JUST YET.

PILOT #2 (CFI) STATEMENT: ON DAY TWO OF PACER FAMILIARIZATION WITH THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WE HAD DONE SEVERAL TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS ON GRAVEL AND PAVEMENT, WITHOUT INCIDENT.  ON THE ACCIDENT LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SLIGHTLY, SWERVED HARD LEFT IMMEDIATELY UPON TOUCHDOWN FROM THE BOUNCE, DESPITE BEING ONLY 2% OFF PERFECTLY NOSE STRAIGHT. I CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY USING FULL RIGHT RUDDER, THEN RIGHT BRAKE, BUT NEITHER SEEMED TO HAVE ANY EFFECT. WE DIDN’T HAVE THE TIME OR AIRCRAFT SPEED TO RAISE THE TAIL, SO THE TAIL REMAINED ON THE GROUND. WE GROUNDLOOPED TO THE LEFT, SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT STILL TAXIED OK, SO I TOOK THE CONTROLS AND TAXIED US TO THE HANGAR, WHERE WE EXITED NORMALLY AFTER A DEBRIEF.

## 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 ANC25LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA093), Aug 23, 2025: Piper PA-20 (N7050K), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.

## Other reports on N7050K (1)

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

- [Incident 19810905072539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810905072539I), Sep 5, 1981: Piper PA20 (N7050K), Soloman, AK, Minor damage. Za engine quit in climb. Fuel selector on right tank. Aircraft is placarded to use left tank for takeoff.

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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