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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA22 · Goldendale, WA · August 3, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
August 3, 2026, 15:08 local (22:08 UTC)
Place
Goldendale, WA
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N9534DPiper PA22
Defining event
Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Western Pacific Region
Parties
FAA FSDO PDX
FAA report
20260803009279A
Case key
203532

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
N9534D
Reported as
Piper PA22 (160)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
22-6450
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Departed
4S2 · Hood River, OR
Destination
Same as departure
Airport
S20 · Goldendale, runway 07/25, 3,491 × 40 ft, asphalt

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.

Weather

Wind
70° at 7 knots
Visibility
5 statute miles
Temperature
82 °F, dew point 39 °F
Altimeter
30.07 inHg
Observed at
KDLS, 19 nm away
METAR
METAR KDLS 032153Z AUTO 07007KT 5SM HZ FEW040 28/04 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02830039

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 N9534D · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.