# Accident 19980203003589A: Piper PA22108, Fredrick, OK, February 3, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1998, 09:00 local time
- Place: Fredrick, OK
- Airport: Fredrick Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3793° N, 99.0093° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3793&lon=-99.0093&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4654Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4654Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- Reported engine: LYC O235A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 28 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980203003589A

## Narrative

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

NOTICED FOG FORMING. RETURNED TO FDR IN HASTE TO AVOID FOG LANDED DOWNWIND AND OVERRAN RUNWAY. BRAKE CABLE FAILED. (-23) ON FEBRUARY 3, 1998, A PIPER AIRCRAFT, N4654Z, LANDED AT FREDERICK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (FDR). AFTER LANDING, THE STUDENT PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND THE CABLE, PIPER P/N 40123-9, BROKE. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT WHICH RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY INTO A MUDDY FIELD AND FLIPPED OVER AT A TERRACE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, INCLUDING THE WINGS, AND WING STRUTS AND VERTICAL STABILIZER. THE BRAKE CABLE WAS FRAYED AND BROKEN AT THE POINT WHERE IT TRAVELS AROUND A PULLEY. THE ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED ON NOVEMBER 18, 1997, AND HAD ABOUT ELEVEN HOURS OF OPERATION SINCE THE INSPECTION AT THE TIME OF THIS ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW98LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA124), Feb 3, 1998: Piper PA-22-108 (N4654Z), Frederick, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of wheel brakes due to the failure of the brake actuating cable. A factor was the tailwind.

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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