# Incident 20171124021979I: Piper PA-28-161, Gaithersburg, MD, November 24, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2017, 12:00 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery County Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 39.1683° N, 77.1660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK (GAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1683&lon=-77.1660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2172D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2172D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171124021979I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT AFTER LANDING WHEN SLOWING TO TURN TO BACK TAXI THE RUNWAY, THE STUDENT INITIALLY HAD NO BRAKE RESPONSE, THEN THE RIGHT BRAKE LOCKED UP CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SLIDE OFF OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT MAIN GEAR AND LEFT WING TIP. SUBSEQUENT TESTING OF THE BRAKES INDICATED NO PROBLEM.

TEMP: 37.9 F,  DEW POINT: 30 F,  HUMIDITY: 73%,  PRESSURE: 30.72 IN, VIS: 10 MILES, WIND SSE AT 5.8 MPH, CONDITIONS: CLEAR.

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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