Piper PA-22-160 accident near Page, Arizona, July 7, 2025
On July 7, 2025 at about 8:50 pm local time, a 1958 Piper PA-22-160, registered N9019D, was substantially damaged in an accident during landing (landing roll) near Page, Arizona (Page Muni airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a quartering tailwind.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- July 7, 2025 · about 8:50 pm local time
- Place
- Page, Arizona · Page Muni · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-22-160, built 1958 · all PA-22-160s on the register
- Registration
- N9019D · registry record · serial 22-6154
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
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.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Other weather encounter during landing (landing roll)
- Attempted remediation/recovery during landing (landing roll)
- Loss of control on ground during landing (landing roll) defining event
- Landing gear collapse during landing (landing roll)
The NTSB's findings
- Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info › Aircraft control › Pilot
- Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters › Directional control › Not attained/maintained
- Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena › Wind › Tailwind › Effect on operation
Pilot
- Certificate: private
- Ratings: single-engine land
- Flight time: 502.9 hours in all; 382.9 in this make and model; 4.4 in the last 90 days; 4.4 in the last 30 days; 386.1 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: March 22, 2025
- Medical certificate: BasicMed
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
Pilot-Rated Passenger
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, flight instructor, remote
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instructor: instrument airplane; instrument: airplane; rotorcraft: unmanned (suas)
- Medical certificate: Class 3 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: rgt
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 3,375.3 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, June 1, 2025
- Maximum gross weight: 2,000 lb
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Lycoming O-320-B2B (piston); 3,375 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: RIF Richfield UT at 4:30 pm
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 33, 5,950 ft by 150 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 220° at 11 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 99°F (37°C), dew point 28°F (-2°C)
- Altimeter: 30.05 inHg
- Observation at 2:53 pm from KPGA
Weather report (METAR): KPGA 072153Z AUTO 22011G21KT 180V260 10SM CLR 37/M02 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP097 T03671017
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
Other NTSB records under N9019D the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number WPR25LA206.