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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-22-150 · New Braunfels, TX · September 22, 2003

Date: September 22, 2003 · 15:30 local
Place: New Braunfels, TX
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9407D
Reported as: Piper PA22150
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,475 total82 in the last 90 days

N9407DRegistered now · Piper PA-22-150S/N 22-6381 · Built 1958 Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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) Pilot stated that during an instructional flight, the engine was not producing what he felt was enough power. He transferred control of the aircraft to the instructor. The instructor landed the aircraft. When the instructor attempted to apply brakes, he realized that the aircraft did not have brakes on his side. The instructor then asked the student to apply brakes. The aircraft went off the runway and ground looped. There was no NMAC, no fire, and no damage to people or property on the ground.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE ENGINE WAS NOT PRODUCING WHAT HE FELT WAS ENOUGH POWER. HE TRANSFERRED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE INSTRUCTOR. THE INSTRUCTOR LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. WHEN THE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO APPLY BRAKES, HE REALIZED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE BRAKES ON HIS SIDE. THE INSTRUCTOR THEN ASKED THE STUDENT TO APPLY BRAKES. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND GROUND LOOPED. THERE WAS NO NMAC, NO FIRE, AND NO DAMAGE TO PEOPLE OR PROPERTY ON THE GROUND.