# Incident 20030308014199I: Piper PA25235, Front Royal, VA, March 8, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2003, 16:00 local time
- Place: Front Royal, VA
- Airport: Front Royal/Warren Co Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9175° N, 78.2534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRONT ROYAL-WARREN COUNTY (FRR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9175&lon=-78.2534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7298Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7298Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2C5
- Pilot flight hours: 207 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030308014199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON LANDING, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A RIGHT BRAKE FAILURE. FAILURE OF THE RIGHT BRAKE CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPART THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY COMING TO REST IN A DRAINAGE DITCH. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, LEFT WING, AND PROPELLER. ON-SITE EVALUATION IDENTIFIED INADEQUATE DISTANCE BETWEEN DRAINAGE DITCH AND THE LEFT BURM OF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N7298Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19790729028449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790729028449A), Jul 29, 1979: Piper PA25235 (N7298Z), Warroad, MN, Substantial damage. Eng. Lost pwr during swath run. Crashed in adjacent field. Flat terrain. Did not dump load.

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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