19790423036369A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-16 · Waco, TX · April 23, 1979

Date
April 23, 1979 · 20:20 local
Place
Waco, TX
Airport
Madison Cooper
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5665H
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW79FPA15
Reported as
Piper PA16
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
312 total25 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot claims the brakes locked. Found unapproved brakes installed. Cause of locked brake undetermined.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CLAIMS THE BRAKES LOCKED. FOUND UNAPPROVED BRAKES INSTALLED. CAUSE OF LOCKED BRAKE UNDETERMINED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.