# Incident 20240126000459I: Piper PA-34-200, Palm Coast, FL, January 26, 2024 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 26, 2024, 12:50 local time - Place: Palm Coast, FL - Airport: Flagler Exec - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout - Location: 29.4652° N, 81.2076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLAGLER EXEC (FIN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4652&lon=-81.2076&mi=10 - Aircraft: N767PE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N767PE) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200 - Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student - Pilot flight hours: 1,151 total - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240126000459I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. DURING PREFLIGHT AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND AIRWORTHY WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED. THE BRAKES OPERATED NORMALLY DURING THE TAXI. FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED WITHOUT ISSUE. DURING THE LANDING AT FLAGLER (KFIN) THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROLS AS THE WEATHER WAS BUMPY AND HE WANTED TO GAUGE THE WINDS SO THE FULL LANDING WAS UNDER IP CONTROLS. THE TOUCH DOWN WAS NORMAL WITH NO HARD LANDING, DURING ROLLOUT HE NOTICED THE LEFT BRAKES WERE MOMENTARILY SOFT WITH NO FEEDBACK, BUT AFTER REMOVING PRESSURE AND PRESSING AGAIN THE BRAKES FELT NORMAL AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWED. HE DECIDED TO EXIT AT THE END OF RUNWAY 24 TOWARDS THE RIGHT ONTO TAXIWAY E. AS THEY APPROACHED THE TAXIWAY HE APPLIED THE BRAKES TO CONTINUE TO SLOW AIRCRAFT. INITIALLY THE PLANES SLOWED AS NORMAL. BUT WHEN HE INITIATED THE RIGHT TURN THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT TURNING AT THE RATE IT SHOULD HAVE SO HE APPLIED ADDITIONAL PRESSURE TO THE RIGHT BRAKE, BUT THE PEDAL WENT SOFT WITH NO FEEDBACK. WITH THE PEDAL FLAT TO THE PEDAL STOP THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TURN AT CURRENT RATE OF SPEED. AS A RESULT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT MAKE THE TURN AND INADVERTENTLY EXITED THE TARMAC AND ONTO THE GRASS. MANUEVERED AIRCRAFT BACK ON THE TAXIWAY AND TAXIED TO RAMP AREA. MAINTENANCE DID CHECK THE BREAKS ON THE SCENE AND DID NOT FIND ANY ISSUES. ## Other reports on N767PE (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20130717015829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130717015829I), Jul 17, 2013: Piper PA-34-200 (N767PE), Palm Coast, FL, Minor damage. During a VMC demonstration flight at approximately 5000 feet, 10 NM NE of Flagler County Airport, the aircrafts rudder began to oscillate. No emergency was… - [Incident 20130201002519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130201002519I), Feb 1, 2013: Piper PA-34-200 (N767PE), Evb, FL, No damage. Flight was scheduled for a cross country flight to fort pierce (kfpr). Upon leveling off at 3000 feet the pilots visually identified smoke in the cockpit and… - [Incident 20080904855769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080904855769I), Sep 4, 2008: Piper PA34200 (N767PE), Daytona Beach, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 4, 2008, while performing dual flight training the pilot lowered the landing gear in flight to perform slow flight training. The pilot… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.