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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Barrio Sabana, Puerto Rico · February 11, 1983

Date
February 11, 1983
Place
Barrio Sabana, Puerto Rico
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2739P
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total600 in this make and model40 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.

Left brake locked on a road takeoff. Tried to abort. Right engine stayed full power, lifted off. Struck bushes.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT BRAKE LOCKED ON A ROAD TAKEOFF. TRIED TO ABORT. RIGHT ENGINE STAYED FULL POWER, LIFTED OFF. STRUCK BUSHES.