- Date
- January 21, 1987, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pungo, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7720DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870121079819A
- Case key
- 11305
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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
The student made 3 full stop landings alone before the instructor boarded the acft. Another full stop landing was made and during the landing roll the instr noticed that the last half of the grass rwy was wetter than the first half. The instr elected to takeoff & land in the opposite direction; to the east. On the first landing to the east, full flaps were used and the apch speed was 80 KTS. The acft touched down half way down the rwy. About 1700 ft of rwy remained when the brakes were applied. According to the instr, the acft slowed down in a normal manner until soon afterwards the stu stated he had lost brakes. The instr attempted to ground loop the acft. However, when he tried, the acft skidded instead of turning and went off the rwy into a ravine and nosed over. Examination of the acft revealed that the brakes were inoperative.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7720D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-5394
- Airframe hours
- 3,457
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eugene O. Lejeune
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 1, 1986 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- VA96 · Pungo
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
- 63
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 12,611 total · 200 in this make and model · 12,411 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.