19791220033479A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA20 · Laurel, MT · December 20, 1979

Date
December 20, 1979 · 09:00 local
Place
Laurel, MT
Airport
Laurel
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7403D
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA80FTA05
Reported as
Piper PA20
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
132 total20 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

Brakes locked on landing,aircraft veered off runway. Nosed over. Found parking brake vibrated to on position.

As the FAA filed it

BRAKES LOCKED ON LANDING,AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY. NOSED OVER. FOUND PARKING BRAKE VIBRATED TO ON POSITION.

NTSB investigation

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