- Date
- June 19, 1989, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sheshalik, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7735KPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890619020659A
- Case key
- 5202
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's failure to perform an adequate preflight inspection of the airplane's brakes.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he was landing at an off airport site (gravel spit) that he frequently uses. During the final phase of the landing roll, he applied the brakes and the left brake locked, causing the airplane to slowly nose over. A post accident inspection of the brakes by the pilot revealed that the left brake was oxidized and corroded. The pilot recommends that a hard applicaton of the brakes be performed prior to flight to help assess the condition of the brakes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7735K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20258
- Airframe hours
- 2,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wager, James, doing business as Flying Start Inc.
- Registered owner
- Wagar, J. DBA; Flying Start
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1988 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- OTZ · Kotzebue, AK
- Airport
- NONE
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,900 total · 500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.