# Incident 19980323007949I: Piper PA34200T, Albany, OH, March 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 1998, 15:25 local time
- Place: Albany, OH
- Airport: Ohio University Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2119° N, 82.2293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OHIO UNIVERSITY (UNI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2119&lon=-82.2293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2900B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2900B-2012-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 620 total, 50 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980323007949I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 23, 1998, MR. JONATHAN T. WARD, A COMMERCIAL PILOT, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 287684122, LANDED AT OHIO UNIVERSITY AIRPORT (UNI) AT 1525 EDT IN A PA-34-200T, N2900B, SERIAL NUMBER 34-7970338. AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 25, MR. WARD SAID THAT THE LEFT BRAKE BECAME SPONGY. THE FIRST TAXIWAY WAS BYPASSED SO THE AIRCRAFT COULD CONTINUE TO SLOW. APPROACHING THE END OF THE RUNWAY, MR. WARD STATED THERE WAS NO LEFT BRAKE. MR. WARD ATTEMPTED TO USE DIFFERENTIAL POWER TO MAKE THE LAST TAXIWAY, WHICH REQUIRES A LEFT TURN. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE TAXIWAY TO THE RIGHT AND THE RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK A RUNWAY IDENTIFIER LIGHT. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE RIGHT PROPELLER AND RUNWAY IDENTIFIER LIGHT. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF N2900B ON MARCH 24, 1998, BY ASI JAY C. WILKINS OF THE COLUMBUS FSDO, CONCLUDED THAT AIR WAS TRAPPED IN THE PILOT'S SIDE, LEFT BRAKE LINE, CAUSING THE LOSS OF BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS. HARRY MCCUTCHEON, DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE FOR OHIO UNIVERSITY, BLED THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND RE-SERVICED IT. A FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS SATISFACTORY. THE RIGHT PROPELLER WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N2900B (2)

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

- [Incident 20050928030619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050928030619I), Sep 28, 2005: Piper PA34200T (N2900B), Watsonville, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Per the pilot [privacy data omitted] statement dated 9-28-2005, the aircraft entered the pattern for left traffic to land on runway 20 at Watsonville…
- [Incident 19861025075479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861025075479I), Oct 25, 1986: Piper PA34200T (N2900B), Billings, MT, Minor damage. Right main gear collapsed on touchdown. Found gear trunion casting had failed.

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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