# Accident 20051019027959A: Piper PA23160, Upland, CA, October 19, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2005, 09:39 local time
- Place: Upland, CA
- Airport: Cable Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1114° N, 117.6875° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1114&lon=-117.6875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4252P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4252P-2006-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 80 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06CA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051019027959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT CRASHED INTO PARKED VEHICLE, INJURING MAN INSIDE. PILOT REPORTED BRAKES HAD LOCKED WHEN APPLIED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. INSPECTION OF BRAKES REVEALED THAT AT NO TIME THE BRAKES HAD EVER LOCKED UP. INSPECTION ALSO REVEALED THAT THE LEFT BRAKE DISC WAS WORN. RECORDS SHOW THAT LEFT BRAKE LINNINGS WERE CHANGED, HOWEVER DISC WAS NOT. SEVERAL WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE PILOT CAME IN TOO FAST AND LANDED LONG. PILOT STATED THAT HE SHUT DOWN ENGINE POWER AND HAD NO CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT. AS A RESULT THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO VEHICLE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX06CA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA013), Oct 19, 2005: Piper PA-23-160 (N4252P), Upland, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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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