# Incident 19981124031479I: Piper PA28180, Charlotte, NC, November 24, 1998 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 24, 1998, 06:45 local time - Place: Charlotte, NC - Airport: Wilgrove Air Park Airport - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 35.2139° N, 80.6683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Wilgrove Air Park, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2139&lon=-80.6683&mi=10 - Aircraft: N15417, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15417) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180 - Reported engine: LYC O360* - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 20 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981124031479I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-5)N15417 PIPER PA28-180, SN 28-7305073 WAS OPERATED BY PIC JEAN-PAUL TSAKA PROUVEUR, CERTIFICATE # 2566983 A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WITH COMMERICAL, INSTRUMENT SINGLE ENGINE LAND RATINGS. THE FLIGHT WAS TO BE VFR FROM WILLGROVE (8A6) TO GRAND STRAND, NC. IT WAS TO BE A PLEASURE OPERATION WITH 1 EACH PASSENGER A MR. WILLIAM T. PETTIGREW. THE PASSENGER OCCUPIED THE LEFT SEAT AND THE PIC OCCUPIED THE RIGHT SEAT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PREFLIGHTED AND MAG RUN ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. AT THE TIME OF MAG CHECKS NO PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS NOTED. THE BRAKES HELD. BETWEEN 0630 AND 0645 AM THE TAKEOFF ROLL BEGAN ON RUNWAY 35. APROXIMATELY 1/3 TO 1/2 DOWN THE RUNWAY, BOTH THE PIC AND THE PASSENGER NOTICED 2 EACH DEER APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET INFRONT OF THEM CROSS THE RUNWAY. ONE EACH DEER STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY. THE PIC DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. THROTTLE TO IDLE, FLAPS UP AND USED HAND BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN. THE DEER LEFT THE RUNWAY. THE ABORT WAS INIATED WITH APPROXIMATELY 1350 FEET LEFT ON A 2700 FOOT RUNWAY. THE PIC FELT THAT HIS USE OF HAND BRAKE WAS NOT ADEQUATE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT AND ASKED THE PASSENGER TO APPLY THE TOE BRAKES. SINCE THE TOE BRAKES ARE INSTALLED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS AIRCRAFT. THE ONLY INDICATION OF BRAKING IS RUBBER FROM THE RIGHT MAIN BRAKE STARTING APPROXIMATELY 70 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY FAR RIGHT FROM THE CENTERLINE HEADING TOWARDS THE CENTERLINE THEN OFF INTO THE DIRT UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 50-75 FEET FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 35. THE AIRCRAFT WHEN IT LEFT THE RUNWAY TRACKED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT UNTIL THE NOSE GEAR ENCOUNTERED A GULLEY THEN TURN SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT IN A EASTERLY DIRECTION. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OCCURED. THE NOSE GEAR FAIRING WILL REQUIRE REPLACEMENT AND THE PROP WILL REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. A VISUAL CHECK OF THE BRAKE RESIVIOR SHOWED HALF FULL AND A VISUAL OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM APPEARED OK. NOTE: THE PASSENGER MR. PETTIGREW APPLIED FOR A STUDENT CERTIFICATE EE3452511. ## Other reports on N15417 (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20230727012959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230727012959A), Jul 27, 2023: Piper PA-28-180 (N15417), Knoxville, TN, Substantial damage. On July 27, 2023 a part 61 flight school had a discovery flight scheduled in a Piper PA-28-180, and during the take off roll a fire was noted in the engine… - [Incident 20150411003739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150411003739I), Apr 11, 2015: Piper PA-28-180 (N15417), Batavia, OH, Minor damage. The aircraft veered right upon landing and departed the runway onto grass area between runway and parallel taxiway. The nose gear collapsed and the propeller… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.