20011102036709I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Santa Teresa, NM · November 2, 2001

Date
November 2, 2001 · 11:00 local
Place
Santa Teresa, NM
Airport
Santa Teresa Airport
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9451J
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
Pilot’s flight hours
1,443 total1,000 in this make and model40 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.

(-23)The pilot started the aircraft engine, the aircraft started to roll, at which time the pilot applied the brakes. The left brake was operational but the right brake was flat. This caused the aircraft to swerve to the left hitting a Cessna caravan damaging both aircraft. The brake system was inspected reservoir found to be full, no leaks found. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE PILOT STARTED THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO ROLL, AT WHICH TIME THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE LEFT BRAKE WAS OPERATIONAL BUT THE RIGHT BRAKE WAS FLAT. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SWERVE TO THE LEFT HITTING A CESSNA CARAVAN DAMAGING BOTH AIRCRAFT. THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED RESERVOIR FOUND TO BE FULL, NO LEAKS FOUND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^