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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28161 · Valparaiso, IN · July 5, 1996

Date
July 5, 1996 · 15:00 local
Place
Valparaiso, IN
Airport
Porter County Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8352H
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI96LA230
Reported as
Piper PA28161
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D3G
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
113 total61 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost directional control landing ground looped off runway. Down thru gulley and up embankment before stopping. (-23) during the landing phase, the pilot applied the brakes to slow the airplane. The pilot reported the airplane veered to the right and pilot could not get the left brake to compensate and experienced negative response to efforts to coordinate. The aircraft continued to veer to the right in an arc to the right, down through a gully depression in the grass and up onto an embankment nearby where it came to rest with a 180 degree change of direction. The pilot and the three passengers required outside assistance to evacuate the aircraft due to a slightly jammed exit door. The pilot and passengers sustained no injuries. There was no fire.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LANDING GROUND LOOPED OFF RUNWAY. DOWN THRU GULLEY AND UP EMBANKMENT BEFORE STOPPING. (-23) DURING THE LANDING PHASE, THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES TO SLOW THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT REPORTED THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND PILOT COULD NOT GET THE LEFT BRAKE TO COMPENSATE AND EXPERIENCED NEGATIVE RESPONSE TO EFFORTS TO COORDINATE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO VEER TO THE RIGHT IN AN ARC TO THE RIGHT, DOWN THROUGH A GULLY DEPRESSION IN THE GRASS AND UP ONTO AN EMBANKMENT NEARBY WHERE IT CAME TO REST WITH A 180 DEGREE CHANGE OF DIRECTION. THE PILOT AND THE THREE PASSENGERS REQUIRED OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO A SLIGHTLY JAMMED EXIT DOOR. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THERE WAS NO FIRE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.