# Accident 19920424011119A: Piper PA34200, Van Nuys, CA, April 24, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1992, 20:09 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1896° N, 118.4909° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1896&lon=-118.4909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55296, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55296-1994-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1E6
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,321 total, 294 in this make and model, 197 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX92LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920424011119A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED BRAKE FAILURE ON LANDING. RAN OFF RUNWAY INTO A FENCE. FOUND BRAKES WORN OUT. LOG SAYS OVERHAULED IN MARCH

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX92LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA187), Apr 25, 1992: Piper PA-34-200 (N55296), Van Nuys, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE'S BRAKES SYSTEM BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AND THE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL NOT REPLACING BRAKE LININGS THAT WERE WORN BEYOND THEIR SERVICE LIMITS. THE RUNWAY…

## Other reports on N55296 (1)

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

- [Accident 19780412008799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780412008799A), Apr 12, 1978: Piper PA34200 (N55296), Lakeland, FL, Substantial damage

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.