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FAA incident report · Piper PA-31T1 · Dubuque, IA · February 23, 2007

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Date
February 23, 2007 · 14:36 local
Place
Dubuque, IA
Airport
Dubuque Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N398SP
Reported as
Piper PA31T1
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total14 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days
N398SPRegistered now · Piper PA-31T1S/N 31T-8104027Airframe modelPiper PA-31T1

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The flight crew of N398SP were practicing takeoff and landing procedures during a training flight. After landing on runway 18 the crew used reverse and beta to slow the aircraft to taxi speed. When the brakes were applied to enter the taxiway and exit runway 18 the brake on the right hand main landing gear locked up and started to skid as the brakes were applied. The aircraft left the runway on the right side and the propeller struck a snow bank. The damage to the propeller was reported as minor. The mechanic that recovered the airplane and inspected the brakes reported taht there was a skid mark on the runway indicating the brake was locked up. The brake did not appear to have been locked at touch down because the tire skid mark did not begin until the aircraft was on the roll out well down the runway. The inspection of the brakes did not reveal any obvious indications of a malfunction however, the skid mark on the runway indicated that one brake did lock up when the brakes were applied.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE FLIGHT CREW OF N398SP WERE PRACTICING TAKEOFF AND LANDING PROCEDURES DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT. AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 THE CREW USED REVERSE AND BETA TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT TO TAXI SPEED. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO ENTER THE TAXIWAY AND EXIT RUNWAY 18 THE BRAKE ON THE RIGHT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR LOCKED UP AND STARTED TO SKID AS THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK A SNOW BANK. THE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER WAS REPORTED AS MINOR. THE MECHANIC THAT RECOVERED THE AIRPLANE AND INSPECTED THE BRAKES REPORTED TAHT THERE WAS A SKID MARK ON THE RUNWAY INDICATING THE BRAKE WAS LOCKED UP. THE BRAKE DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN LOCKED AT TOUCH DOWN BECAUSE THE TIRE SKID MARK DID NOT BEGIN UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE ROLL OUT WELL DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE INSPECTION OF THE BRAKES DID NOT REVEAL ANY OBVIOUS INDICATIONS OF A MALFUNCTION HOWEVER, THE SKID MARK ON THE RUNWAY INDICATED THAT ONE BRAKE DID LOCK UP WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED.