# Incident 20000306001289I: Piper PA28161, Independence, OR, March 6, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2000, 14:30 local time
- Place: Independence, OR
- Airport: Independence State Airport
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8672° N, 123.1982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDEPENDENCE STATE (7S5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8672&lon=-123.1982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8149W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8149W-2000-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 30 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000306001289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDING INDEPENDENCE FROM TROUTDALE EXPERIENCED POOR BREAKING AND RUN OFF END OF RUNWAY INTO MUD.  NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR 3 PSGRS.  NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  WEATHER IFR.  FOLLOW-UP CALL TO AIRCRAFT OWNER AND TO PILOT REVEALED THAT PILOT HAD RETURNED TO TTD WITHOUT INCIDENT.  BREAKS FUNCTIONED PROPERLY.  PILOT, AFTER CONSULTING FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, DETERMINED THAT HE HAD HAD HIS FEET POSITIONED TOO HIGH ON THE PEDALS TO OPERATE THE BREAKS PROPERLY.  PILOT IS RECEIVING COUNSELING FROM FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.

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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