# Incident 20100710038739I: Piper PA-20-135, Tulare, CA, July 10, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2010, 10:00 local time
- Place: Tulare, CA
- Airport: Mefford Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1566° N, 119.3266° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEFFORD FLD (TLR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1566&lon=-119.3266&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1571A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1571A-2023-02-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20-135 (registry code 7102010, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-20-135
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 5 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100710038739I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT IN THE RIGHT SEAT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER LANDING.  NO BRAKES INSTALLED ON RIGHT SIDE.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT, THE PIC WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE PLANE STRUCK THE VASI AFTER VEERING OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT.  AFTER DETERMINING THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE THE PIC, WHO IS ALSO A CERTIFICATED A&P, FLEW THE PLANE SOLO BACK TO VISALIA, CA (16NM) WITHOUT OBTAINING A FERRY PERMIT.

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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