# Accident 20000831009739A: Piper PA28236, Des Moines, IA, August 31, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2000, 14:00 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N451X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N451X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28236
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000831009739A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED A BRAKE DRAGGING SO HE ADDED POWER AND CONTINUED TO TAXI. THEN THE AIRCRAFT REACHED THE RUNUP AREA THE PILOT DISCOVERED THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO BRAKES.  ABOUT THIS TIME THE PILOT WAS INFORMED HIS AIRCRAFT WAS ON FIRE SO HE STOPPED AND EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND WING.

## 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 CHI00LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA278), Aug 31, 2000: Piper PA-28-236 (N451X), Des Moines, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A hydraulic fluid leak which resulted in a landing gear brake fire.

## Other reports on N451X (1)

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

- [Incident 20051126031109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051126031109I), Nov 26, 2005: Piper PA28236 (N451X), Bloomington-Nor, IL. (-23) While on a routine training flight the appropriately rated pilot and flight instructor experienced a rough running engine when about 25 miles from their…

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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