Piper PA-22-160 N9528D accident near Tracy, California, March 25, 2025
Piper PA-22-160, registration N9528D, was involved in an accident near Tracy, California on March 25, 2025. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as none. Case WPR25LA121 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 9 minutes of the flight after departing the Tracy Muni area (KTCY), reaching a maximum of 1,200 ft. The last recorded position was at 17:11 UTC, at 100 ft and 60 knots, descending at 64 feet per minute, about 1 km from Tracy Muni (KTCY).
The nearest weather report, from KTCY (1 km away), showed calm wind, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Piper PA-22-160 registered in United States (Mode S AD3F89).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- March 25, 2025
- Location
- Tracy, California
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-22-160
- Registration
- N9528D
- Injuries
- None
- NTSB case
- WPR25LA121 (Completed)
- Departure area
- Tracy Muni (KTCY)
- Nearest airport
- Tracy Muni (KTCY)
- Recorded flight
- 9 min, max 1,200 ft
- Last recorded position
- 17:11 UTC, 100 ft, 60 kt
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Sources: NTSB case WPR25LA121; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.