20090316001719I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA 46-350P · Piggott, AR · March 16, 2009

Date
March 16, 2009 · 10:50 local
Place
Piggott, AR
Airport
Piggott Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9176G
Reported as
Piper PA46350P
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

On 16 March 2009, N9176G, a 1989 Piper malibu, model number PA46-350P, serial number 4622055, being operated by an ATP rated pilot, departed kjso (cherokee country airport) on an IFR flight plan to Piggott, AR (7M7). The aircraft was being operated part 91 with a final destination of ronoake, Virginia. In addition to the pilot there were four other passengers onboard the aircraft (spouse + 3 children). Upon landing the pilot discovered that he had no left brake and could not stop the aircraft prior to going off the end of the runway so his decision was to apply full right brake with the aircraft veering off the runway to the right and came to a stop in a drainage ditch resulting in minor damage to the aircraft. Weather was VMC with light southerly winds and not a factor.

As the FAA filed it

ON 16 MARCH 2009, N9176G, A 1989 PIPER MALIBU, MODEL NUMBER PA46-350P, SERIAL NUMBER 4622055, BEING OPERATED BY AN ATP RATED PILOT, DEPARTED KJSO (CHEROKEE COUNTRY AIRPORT) ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO PIGGOTT, AR (7M7). THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED PART 91 WITH A FINAL DESTINATION OF RONOAKE, VIRGINIA. IN ADDITION TO THE PILOT THERE WERE FOUR OTHER PASSENGERS ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT (SPOUSE + 3 CHILDREN). UPON LANDING THE PILOT DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD NO LEFT BRAKE AND COULD NOT STOP THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO GOING OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY SO HIS DECISION WAS TO APPLY FULL RIGHT BRAKE WITH THE AIRCRAFT VEERING OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO A STOP IN A DRAINAGE DITCH RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. WEATHER WAS VMC WITH LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS AND NOT A FACTOR.