# Incident 19970615021849I: Piper PA31310, Ft Lauderdale, FL, June 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1997, 11:15 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N251CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N251CA-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 200 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970615021849I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19880921056039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880921056039I), Sep 21, 1988: Piper PA31310 (N251CA), Winston Salem, NC, Minor damage. Heard loud bang. Nose baggage door light came on. Precautionary landing. Door was ajar. Minor damage to nose.

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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