# NTSB WPR25LA206: Piper PA-22-160, N9019D, Page, AZ, July 7, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: July 7, 2025, 13:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place: Page, AZ · On airport
- Coordinates: 36.926069, -111.44835 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9261&lon=-111.4484&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: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200509
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA206
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200509/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200509
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA206

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a quartering tailwind.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-22-160, 18 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=7102214), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [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-22-160, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=7102214), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Wind: tailwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-22-160, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md?model=7102214), [All aircraft, 594 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/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: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Piper PA-22-160, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=7102214), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-22-160, 17 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=7102214), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Piper PA-22-160, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=7102214), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Piper PA-22-160, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=7102214), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during the landing approach he felt a right-rear quartering wind gust. Upon touchdown, the airplane was difficult to control with a tendency to veer to the right. While attempting to correct back to runway centerline, the airplane ground looped to the right. During the ground loop the left main landing gear collapsed, and the left wing impacted the runway surface. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing the airplane on runway 33 with wind from 220°, variable between 180° to260° at 11 knots, gusting 21 knots. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9019D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9019D), registered now, S/N 22-6154, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-160
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (registry code 7102214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-6154
- Year built: 1958
- Airframe hours: 3375.3
- Engines: Lycoming O-320-B2B 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ventana Air LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 2025
- Departed: RIF, Richfield, UT
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: PGA, Page Muni, runway 33, 5,950 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B, Onboard weather

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed, unknown; last flight review March 22, 2025; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 502.9 total, 382.9 in this make and model, 386.1 as pilot in command, 4.4 in the last 90 days, 4.4 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours
- Pilot-rated passenger; age 69; injuries: none; remote, airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: right; restraint: 4-point

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 11 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 99 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.05 inHg
- Observed at: KPGA
- METAR: KPGA 072153Z AUTO 22011G21KT 180V260 10SM CLR 37/M02 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP097 T03671017

## 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 20250707013329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250707013329A), Jul 7, 2025: Piper PA-22-160, Page, AZ, Substantial damage. On July 7, 2025 the aircraft prepared to land on runway 34 in Page Arizona municiple airport. Descent to land was described as normal. Upon landing the pilot…

## Other investigations on N9019D (1)

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.

- [NTSB WPR10LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA207), Apr 17, 2010: Piper PA-22-160 (N9019D), Fruitland, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare.

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 21, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200509. 8.6 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 7.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19043003&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photo array (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 874 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19029786&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array_Redacted-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. Compare the reported make and model.

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