- Date
- September 14, 1982, 09:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Baxley, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6976ZPiper PA-25
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820914060679A
- Case key
- 69896
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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
Prior to landing, the pilot noticed that the left brake would not pump up. The pilot landed and during the landing rollout the left brake failed completely. The aircraft groundlooped and one landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6976Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-2722
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Glen Dennis
- Registered owner
- Glen Dennis
- Departed
- Screven, GA
- Destination
- Baxley, GA
- Airport
- 30J · Baxley Muni, runway 7, 3,800 × 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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,850 total · 3,450 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
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 N6976Z · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.