# Incident 20010908027519I: Piper PA31P, Lake Havasu Cit, AZ, September 8, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2001, 15:10 local time
- Place: Lake Havasu Cit, AZ
- Airport: Lake Havasu City Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EKIA
- Location: 34.5711° N, 114.3583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE HAVASU CITY (HII), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5711&lon=-114.3583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N649SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N649SC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31P (registry code 7103120, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-541 series (registry code 41536, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,070 total, 55 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010908027519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LOADED MEDICAL PASSENGER AND FLIGHT NURSE INTO AIRCRAFT. REPORTED STARTED ENGINES AND TAXIED OUT TO RUNWAY, PERFORMED RUNUP WITH NO APPARENT PROBLE. LINED UP WITH RUNWAY 14 CENTER LINE AND APPLIED POWER FOR TAKEOFF. PREVAILING WIND WAS ON TAIL AS REPORTED BY FLIGHT NURSE. PILOT REPORTED HE FELT LEFT BRAKE PEDAL GO TO THE FLOOR ON TAKEOFF. REDUCED POWER AND PUMPED LEFT BRAKE WHILE AIRCRAFT ROLLED DOWN RUNWAY. TOOK LAST TURN OFF AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY WHEN RIGHT BRAKE FAILED. AIRCRAFT LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR HIT A DITCH ALONG SIDE OF TAXI WAY WHICH STOPPED AIRCRAFT. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND BOTH PROPELLERS CONTACTED THE GROUND. STATEMENTS FROM GROUND PERSONNEL STATED THAT BOTH MAIN GEAR BRAKES WERE ON FIRE WHEN AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION SHOWED THAT BOTH BRAKE ASSEMBLIES FAILED DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT CAUSING THE PACKINGS TO FAIL, ALLOWING THE HYDRAULIC FLUID TO FLOW ON HOT DISK, CAUSING FIRE.

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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