# Incident 19951227046209I: Piper PA23250, St Barthelemy, Puerto Rico, December 27, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1995, 10:30 local time
- Place: St Barthelemy, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: IN9A
- Aircraft: N5376Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5376Y-2010-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,150 total, 1,550 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951227046209I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 27, 1995, APPROXIMATELY AT 10:30 AM, PILOT MR. NEAL DUNCAN ATP CERTIFICATE NUMBER 1924714, WHILE LANDING AIRCRAFT PIPER MODEL PA-23-250 AZTEC, REGISTRATION NUMBER N5376Y ON RUNWAY 10 AT ST. BARTHELEMY AIRPORT AND ON LANDING ROLL THE PILOT CLAIMED THAT HE HAD NO BRAKES THUS STEERING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HIT A SAND PIT CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND NOSE STRUCTURE. AS PER WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM ST. BARTHELEMY CHIEF OF AERODROME, THE PILOT WAS ADVISED THAT DUE TO WIND DIRECTION; TRAFFIC WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 28, HOWEVER, THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 10. INVESTIGATION ON THE SCENE BY FAA INSPECTOR FRANK MORALES REVEALED NO EVIDENT BRAKES MALFUNCTION ON THE AIRCRAFT. DUE TO THE AFOREMENTIONED FACTORS THIS INVESTIGATOR CONCLUDES THAT THE ABILITY AND OR PROFICIENCY OF THE PILOT IS IN QUESTION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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