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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-36-285 · Smyer, TX · September 26, 1994

Date
September 26, 1994 · 18:00 local
Place
Smyer, TX
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
WLKG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N985WS
Reported as
Piper PA36285
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total650 in this make and model210 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.

Lost right brake on landing roll. Veered off runway, hit ridge and ground looped. Right gear sheared off.

As the FAA filed it

LOST RIGHT BRAKE ON LANDING ROLL. VEERED OFF RUNWAY, HIT RIDGE AND GROUND LOOPED.RIGHT GEAR SHEARED OFF.