- Date
- October 29, 2005, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bennettsville, SC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3029ZPiper PA-22-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Columbia FSDO
- FAA report
- 20051029025919A
- Case key
- 62782
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Probable cause
The malfunction of the wheel brake assembly due to low fluid level that resulted in a loss of control during the landing roll.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the pilot, after returning from a short uneventful cross-country flight from Camden, South Carolina to Bennettsville, South Carolina, during the landing roll on runway 24, the airplane began to veer to the right. The pilot attempted to steer the airplane with the tail wheel but was unsuccessful. The airplane exited runway 24 and ground looped, and the left wing collided with the ground. The pilot stated that the left brake master cylinder was low on fluid, and the left brake did not engage.
Factual narrative
On October 29, 2005, at 1745 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-22-160, N3029Z, register to and operated by Flyers Incorporated collided with the ground at Bennettsville Airport, Bennettsville, South Carolina. The personal flight was operated under the provision of Title 14 Part 91 with no flight plan filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The pilot, and two passengers were not injured. The flight departed Camden, South Carolina at 1715.
According to the pilot, after returning from a short uneventful cross-country flight from Camden, South Carolina to Bennettsville, South Carolina, during the landing roll out on runway 24 the airplane began to veer to the right. The pilot attempted to steer the airplane with the tail wheel but was unsuccessful. The airplane exited runway 24 and ground looped, and the left wing collided with the ground. The pilot stated that the left brake master cylinder was low on fluid, and the left brake did not engage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3029Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-6983
- Airframe hours
- 1,957
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flyers Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 2004 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- CDN · Camden, SC
- Destination
- BBP · Bennettsville, SC
- Airport
- BBP · Marlboro County, runway 24, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 69
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Flight hours
- 1,525 total · 1,525 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.31 inHg
- Observed at
- KFLO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3029Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.