- Date
- March 26, 2025, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Madras, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1418CPiper PA-22
- 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
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20250326003209A
- Case key
- 199924
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Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of control during landing roll with gusty winds.
Findings · 3
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 in the tailwheel equipped airplane, he obtained the current weather of the destination airport, which included the current wind. During the final approach to land the wind was a lot stronger and gustier than expected. He advanced the throttle to make a crosswind correction to the left. About 10 ft above the runway the pilot set up for a three-point landing. Shortly after landing, the left wing began to rise, and the nose stared to turn to the right. Subsequently, the airplane quickly turned to the right and the right wing tip and right elevator impacted the runway, which resulted in substantial damage. 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 16, with the wind from 150° at 16 knots, gusting to 21 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1418C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1175
- Built
- 1953
- Airframe hours
- 4,112.5
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Christian Morris
- Registered owner
- Waaam Volunteer Flying Association LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 13, 2024 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- KDLS · Dallesport, WA
- Destination
- S33 · Madras, OR
- Airport
- S33 · Madras Municipal, runway 16, 5,091 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
- 30
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 26, 2024
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 181.6 total · 38.8 in this make and model · 55.8 as pilot in command · 3.1 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 16 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.85 inHg
- Icing
- Unknown
- Turbulence
- Unknown
- Observed at
- S33
- METAR
- METAR KS33 261715Z AUTO 17014G18KT 10SM CLR 20/03 A2985 RMK AO2=
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 5, 2025, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.6 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.
Other investigations on N1418C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.