# Accident 19891218051939A: Piper PA28161, Albany, NY, December 18, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1989
- Place: Albany, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Location: 42.6657° N, 73.7984° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albany, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6657&lon=-73.7984&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47931, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47931-2009-05-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891218051939A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEFT BRAKE LOCKED ON LANDING, CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO MAKE LEFT TURN OFF RUNWAY INTO TREES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N47931 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20040824018579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040824018579I), Aug 24, 2004: Piper PA28161 (N47931), Casa Grande, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot was on a solo cross country. The student pilot stopped at Casa Grande airport (cgz); as he was taxiing out for takeoff he received a call…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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