19990925039009I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Carrollton, OH · September 25, 1999

Date
September 25, 1999 · 12:00 local
Place
Carrollton, OH
Airport
Carroll County-Tolson Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3555W
Reported as
Piper PA32260
Reported engine
Lycoming O540*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total800 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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.

While back taxing for takeoff. Pilot lost control of aircraft and went off runway over a steep bank, coming to rest approximately 30' below runway. Pilot suspected r/h brake locked, skid marks on runway and thru grass appearance that r/h brake was locked.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE BACK TAXING FOR TAKEOFF. PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AND WENT OFF RUNWAY OVER A STEEP BANK, COMING TO REST APPROXIMATELY 30' BELOW RUNWAY. PILOT SUSPECTED R/H BRAKE LOCKED, SKID MARKS ON RUNWAY AND THRU GRASS APPEARANCE THAT R/H BRAKE WAS LOCKED.