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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-310 · Ft Lauderdale, FL · June 15, 1997

Date: June 15, 1997 · 11:15 local
Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N251CA
Reported as: Piper PA31310
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 400 total200 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N251CARegistration cancelled May 19, 2015 · Piper PA-31-310S/N 31-179 · Built 1968 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Narrative: on 6-15-97 a Piper PA-31 from Bahamas to fll landed at fll on runway exited to taxiway gulf. The aircraft experienced a loss of brakes and ran off taxiway into drainage ditch. No damage to aircraft. The aircraft was towed to FBO where the brake assemblies were removed, disassembled, cleaned and overhauled. Aircraft was returned to service and had 3 consecutive brake operational check outs. Of the nine responsibilities only the airworthiness of the aircraft was a factor due to the brakes being worn and when brake application was applied the aircraft veered to the right .

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 6-15-97 A PIPER PA-31 FROM BAHAMAS TO FLL LANDED AT FLL ON RUNWAY EXITED TO TAXIWAY GULF. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF BRAKES AND RAN OFF TAXIWAY INTO DRAINAGE DITCH. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO FBO WHERE THE BRAKE ASSEMBLIES WERE REMOVED, DISASSEMBLED, CLEANED AND OVERHAULED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND HAD 3 CONSECUTIVE BRAKE OPERATIONAL CHECK OUTS. OF THE NINE RESPONSIBILITIES ONLY THE AIRWORTHINESS OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS A FACTOR DUE TO THE BRAKES BEING WORN AND WHEN BRAKE APPLICATION WAS APPLIED THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT .

Other reports on N251CA · 1

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

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