# Incident 19950330010589I: Piper PA34200, Austin, TX, March 30, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1995, 04:00 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Robert Mueller Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1080U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1080U-2016-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,510 total, 600 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950330010589I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER LANDING AT ROBERT MUELLER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, AUSTIN, TEXAS, MR. DEREK LEE PROCEEDED TO TAXI TO THE PARKING AREA. MR. LEE OCCUPIED THE RIGHT SEAT AND HAD TO RELY ON THE PARKING BRAKE FOR BRAKING ACTION, AS THERE ARE NO BRAKE PEDALS ON THE RIGHT. WHILE TURNING ONTO THE PARKING RAMP, MR. LEE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT BRAKE PRESSURE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. AS THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE PAVED RAMP AREA AND PROCEEDED ON THE GRASS, MR. LEE SHUT OFF THE ENGINES PRIOR TO THE PROPELLERS STRIKING THE GROUND, AS THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A SHALLOW DITCH. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N1080U (1)

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

- [Incident 19931121048279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931121048279I), Nov 21, 1993: Piper PA34200 (N1080U), South Lake Taho, CA, Minor damage. Unable to lower nose gear. High g maneuvers were performed to no avail. Landed nose gear up.

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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