# Incident 20040814016519I: Piper PA28161, Beaver Falls, PA, August 14, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2004, 15:42 local time
- Place: Beaver Falls, PA
- Airport: Beaver County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SKNS
- Location: 40.7725° N, 80.3914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEAVER COUNTY (BVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7725&lon=-80.3914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N520PU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N520PU-2005-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040814016519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WROTE: MY PLAN WAS TO GET OFF AT DELTA (TAXIWAY) BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO TRY TO BRAKE TOO HARD IN ORDER TO GET OFF AT CHARLIE (TAXIWAY). I FELT THE PLANE START TO SHIFT A LITTLE TO THE LEFT AND I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WAS SLOWING DOWN WHICH MADE ME THINK I WAS PRESSING THE RUDDERS, BUT I DEFINITELY WASN'T BECAUSE MY TOES WERE ON THE BRAKES ONLY, AND MY HEELS WERE NOWHERE NEAR THE RUDDER PEDALS. I FELT THE PLANE START TO SHIFT TO THE LEFT BUT I WASN'T IN A TURN, I WAS MORE LIKE SLIDING. I TRIED TO PRESS THE RIGHT RUDDER TO GAIN BACK CONTROL BUT THE BRAKES FELT LIKE THEY WEREN'T SLOWING ME DOWN. I FELT THE PLANE TRY TO STRAIGHTEN OUT BUT I STILL DIDN'T HAVE THE CONTROL. I SAW THE RUNWAY LIGHTS AHEAD OF ME AND I TRIED TO MISS THEM IF I WAS GOING INTO THE GRASS ANYWAY, BUT I WAS STILL EASING ON THE BRAKES SO AS NOT TO FLIP THE PLANE IN THE GRASS. THE BRAKES DID NOTHING FOR ME IN THE GRASS SO I JUST COASTED AND HELPLESSLY WATCHED AS N520PU SETTLED IN THE BUSHES. I PULLED THE POWER AND TURNED OFF THE KEY. I TURNED OFF THE FUEL PUMP, LIGHTS, ALTERNATOR, AND MASTER. I LET THE TOWER KNOW I WAS FINE AND GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT. I MADE SURE I WAS OKAY, SHOOK UP BUT NOT HURT.

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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