# Accident 20100106025689A: Piper PA-32R-301T, Auburn, AL, January 6, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2010, 16:46 local time
- Place: Auburn, AL
- Airport: Auburn-Opelika Robert G. Pitts
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6089° N, 85.4336° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6089&lon=-85.4336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8448Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8448Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,386 total, 170 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100106025689A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 6, 2010, PILOT, DEPARTED FROM THOMASTON, GA (KOPN), ENROUTE TO AUBURN, ALABAMA, AIRPORT (KAUO). PILOT STATED THAT UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY (36), DURING ROLLOUT, HE APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW AIRPLANE, TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. PILOT STATED THAT AIRPLANE IMMEDIATELY TURNED TO THE RIGHT, DUE TO THE LEFT BRAKE NOT RESPONDING. THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO GRASS, CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND THE LEFT WING TO IMPACT GROUND. AIRPLANE SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  PILOT WAS ONLY PAX ON BOARD WITH NO INJURIES NOTED.

## 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 ERA10LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA110), Jan 6, 2010: Piper PA-32R-301T (N8448Y), Auburn, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control after landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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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