19830316013709I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Simsbury, CT · March 16, 1983

Date
March 16, 1983 · 14:00 local
Place
Simsbury, CT
Airport
Tri-Town
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7738W
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A3A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
178 total91 in this make and model31 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.

Right main brake failed on landing roll. Pilot ground looped to avoid over shooting runway. Dragged a wing.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT MAIN BRAKE FAILED ON LANDING ROLL. PILOT GROUND LOOPED TO AVOID OVER SHOOTING RUNWAY. DRAGGED A WING.