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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Stoneville, NC · November 23, 2018

Date: November 23, 2018 · 12:00 local
Place: Stoneville, NC
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6311W
Reported as: Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 68 total45 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

N6311WRegistration cancelled Dec 16, 2019 · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-20370 · Built 1964 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Pilot took off but remained in the traffic pattern at sif. Pilot stated that he landed side-loaded due to wind (gear were not straight). Pilot stated that when he touched down, he used the brake. This aircraft does not have differential braking because it does not have toe brakes. The pilot used the parking brake as his only method of braking, which deployed the left and right brakes simultaneously. He stated that the left brake locked up and he veered off the side of the runway to the left. The aircraft ended up off the side of the runway in a ditch. The nose gear sheared off but the firewall was not damaged. The pilot sustained a bloody nose (minor injuries). Nobody else on board.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOOK OFF BUT REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT SIF. PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED SIDE-LOADED DUE TO WIND (GEAR WERE NOT STRAIGHT). PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN, HE USED THE BRAKE. THIS AIRCRAFT DOES NOT HAVE DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING BECAUSE IT DOES NOT HAVE TOE BRAKES. THE PILOT USED THE PARKING BRAKE AS HIS ONLY METHOD OF BRAKING, WHICH DEPLOYED THE LEFT AND RIGHT BRAKES SIMULTANEOUSLY. HE STATED THAT THE LEFT BRAKE LOCKED UP AND HE VEERED OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN A DITCH. THE NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF BUT THE FIREWALL WAS NOT DAMAGED. THE PILOT SUSTAINED A BLOODY NOSE (MINOR INJURIES). NOBODY ELSE ON BOARD.