# NTSB SEA88LA111: Piper PA-22-135, N1453A, Kelso, WA, June 12, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 12, 1988, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Kelso, WA
- Coordinates: 46.139816, -122.800346 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1398&lon=-122.8003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40831
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA111
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40831/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA111

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE SELECTED RNWY 29 IN VERY GUSTY CONDITIONS. HE BELIEVED THE LANDING WAS MADE WITH NO PROBLEMS. AS THE ACFT SLOWED BELOW 45 MPH IT SUDDENLY VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE PLT FAILED TO CONTROL THE DRIFT. THE ACFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND OVERTURNED IN THE SOFT TERRAIN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1453A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1453A-2012-06-21), registration cancelled 2012-06-21, S/N 22-555, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-135
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-135](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (registry code 7102206) (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: 22-555
- Engines: LYCOMING O-290-D2 135 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Rickey L. Braden
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 12, 1988, 3 hours before
- Airport: KLS, Kelso, runway 29, 4,395 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 63 total, 4 in this make and model, 35 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F

## 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 19880612036099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880612036099A), Jun 12, 1988: Piper PA22135, Kelso, WA, Substantial damage. Landing with crosswind,aircraft veered off runway during rollout and flipped inverted. Exceeded crosswind component

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.