# NTSB Accident ERA25LA251
> **PIPER PA-22-135** · 2025-06-27 · Elberta, AL, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA25LA251
- **Event ID:** 20250701200437
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2025-06-27
- **Location:** Elberta, AL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 30.441864, -87.463868
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA-22-135
- **Registration:** N3228B
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Pilot’s decision to take off from a wet and unmaintained field that was unsuitable for airplane operations, resulting in a loss of control and subsequent nose over. Contributing was the pilot’s self-induced pressure to complete the flight.

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