# Accident 20250916016329A: Piper PA-22-150, St Marys, AK, September 16, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2025, 15:25 local time
- Place: St Marys, AK
- Airport: St Marys
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.0608° N, 163.3018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST MARY'S (KSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.0608&lon=-163.3018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3816P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3816P) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 232 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250916016329A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTURE FROM PASM AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 FOR CAMP.  DURING THE APPROACH JUST PRIOR TO LANDING ON AN UNIMPROVED TUNDRA COVERED RIDGE TOP I EXPERIENCED A WIND SHIFT/SHEAR.  I IMMEDIATELY INITIATED A GO AROUND, BUT WAS UNABLE TO OVERCOME THE WIND SHEAR.  THE AIRPLANE TURNED TO THE RIGHT, THE NOSE STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN ON ITS BACK.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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