- Date
- July 6, 2024, 13:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Sunriver, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6931DPiper PA-22-150
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20240706019649A
- Case key
- 194645
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of control during landing roll with a gusty tailwind.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that prior to landing, he obtained the current weather, which included the current wind. After he performed a normal crosswind landing, during the landing roll, the airplane encountered a gust of wind from the right, and the right wing began to rise. The pilot attempted to correct the movement with full aileron and rudder control inputs; however, the wing continued to rise as the airplane slid to the left and weathervaned to the right. The left wing impacted the runway, and the left main landing gear collapsed, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing and fuselage. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that could have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing on runway 18, with the wind from 240° at 8 knots, however, recorded video of the accident showed that at the time of the loss of control, a right quartering tailwind existed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6931D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-4859
- Built
- 1957
- Airframe hours
- 4,173
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tri-Pacer One LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 18, 2024
- Departed
- LGD · La Grande, OR
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- S21 · Sunriver, runway 18/36, 5,460 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 82
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 29, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 21,321 total · 1,101 in this make and model · 7,991 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.16 inHg
- Observed at
- KS21
- METAR
- KS21 062035Z AUTO 28010G16KT 9SM CLR 34/M07 A3016 RMK AO2
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 12, 2025, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 6.3 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.