# NTSB ANC25LA093: Piper PA-20, N7050K, Anchorage, AK, August 23, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 23, 2025, 12:30 local (20:30 UTC) - Place: Anchorage, AK - Coordinates: 61.216436, -149.83206 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2164&lon=-149.8321&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 21, 2026 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 200846 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC25LA093 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200846/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200846 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA093 ## 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. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-20, 20 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=7102002), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-20, 25 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=7102002), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-20, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md?model=7102002), [All aircraft, 894 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025/cases.md) - [Action: lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-20, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md?model=7102002), [All aircraft, 792 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-20, 21 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=7102002), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) ## Analysis The flight instructor, seated in the right seat, and the tailwheel-endorsed pilot receiving instruction, seated in the left seat, were conducting an instructional flight in the pilot’s recently purchased, tailwheel-equipped, airplane. The purpose of the flight was for the pilot receiving instruction to gain operational experience in the airplane to satisfy insurance requirements. The pilot receiving instruction reported that, while performing a three-point landing, she bounced during the initial touchdown and, after settling back onto the runway, subsequently lost directional control of the airplane. Both the pilot receiving instruction and the flight instructor attempted to recover; however, the airplane ground looped, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing and elevator. The pilot receiving instruction reported that there were no pre-accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N7050K](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7050K), registered now, S/N 20-158, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-20 - Registry model: [Piper PA-20](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (registry code 7102002) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 20-158 - Year built: 1950 - Airframe hours: 3560.5 - Engines: Lycoming O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Syzygy Consulation Services LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, August 21, 2025 - Departed: MRI, Anchorage, AK - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: MRI, Merrill Field, runway 26, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 28; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review April 26, 2025; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 348.5 total, 3 in this make and model, 290 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours - Flight instructor; age 47; injuries: none; airline transport, commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 7, 2024; seat: right; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 7,830.1 total, 490 in this make and model, 3,708.9 as pilot in command, 45 in the last 90 days, 18.6 in the last 30 days, 3.9 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 320° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 52 °F - Altimeter: 30.19 inHg - Observed at: AMR, 1 nm away - METAR: PAMR 231953Z 32004KT 10SM CLR 17/11 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP223 T01670111 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20250823015069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250823015069A), Aug 23, 2025: Piper PA-20, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot #1 statement: departed pamr around 1130AM bound for Z40 for practice landings. Returned to pamr around 1200PM for additional practice landings. It was… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 22, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200846. 2.0 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19531202&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA093%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 260 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19531212&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC25LA093%20Photos-Rel.pdf 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. 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