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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-22-135 · Anchorage, AK · March 24, 2026

Date
March 24, 2026 · 16:30 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3379A
Reported as
Piper PA-22-135
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
430 total57 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Upon landing the airplane pulled to the right. After the instructor realized the student having a hard time keeping the plane on centerline he took the contols, but since the pacer has no brakes on the instructor's side he had limited control. Airplane ended up in snowbank.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING THE AIRPLANE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. AFTER THE INSTRUCTOR REALIZED THE STUDENT HAVING A HARD TIME KEEPING THE PLANE ON CENTERLINE HE TOOK THE CONTOLS, BUT SINCE THE PACER HAS NO BRAKES ON THE INSTRUCTOR'S SIDE HE HAD LIMITED CONTROL. AIRPLANE ENDED UP IN SNOWBANK.