# Accident 20131017020729A: Piper PA-31-350, Franklin, NC, October 17, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2013, 12:57 local time
- Place: Franklin, NC
- Airport: Macon County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2222° N, 83.4200° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2222&lon=-83.4200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555GK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555GK-2018-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (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-31-350
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131017020729A

## Narrative

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

PER AIRPORT MANAGER AT THE SCENE.  AIRCRAFT LANDED AND VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, DAMAGE TO PROPS AND WRINKLE IN LEFT WING UPPER SKIN.  PILOT REPORTED TO GROUND CREW THAT THE RIGHT BRAKE FAILED CAUSING HIM TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY.  PICTURES PROVIDED BY AIRPORT PERSONNEL TO THIS OFFICE INDICATING HYDRAULIC FLUID ON RIGHT BRAKE CALIPER WITH EVIDENCE OF FLUID ON LEFT BRAKE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY.  EVIDENCE OF HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAKING ONTO THE RAMP FROM BRAKE AFTER SITTING STATIC AFTER BEING MOVED FROM ACCIDENT SCENE.

## 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 ERA14LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA022), Oct 17, 2013: Piper PA-31-350 (N555GK), Franklin, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left main landing gear brake line during landing due to the loss of hydraulic fluid. Contributing to the accident was a fatigue crack through the brake line that had formed due to…

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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