- Date
- July 2, 2007, 19:00 local (Jul 3, 2007, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Belle Plaine, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N57600Piper PA-36-285
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 2008
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20070702017579A
- Case key
- 68465
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing rollout.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The agricultural airplane was landing at the destination airport when it veered off the runway during rollout. The pilot stated that the left main landing gear brake failed. Visual inspection of the brakes revealed no anomalies. Damage to the airplane included a bent left main wing spar.
Factual narrative
On July 2, 2007, at 1900 central daylight time, a Piper PA-36-285, N57600, operated by Speas Aviation Inc, received substantial damage when it veered off runway 36 at Belle Plaine Municipal Airport (TZT), Belle Plaine, Iowa, during landing rollout and impacted terrain. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application flight was not operating on a flight plan. The commercial pilot was uninjured. The flight originated from Monticello, Iowa, at 1820 and was en route to TZT.
The pilot stated the airplane veered off runway 36 (4,000 feet by 75 feet, concrete) during landing rollout, which he attributed to a failure of the left brake. Damage to the airplane included a bent left main wing spar.
Visual inspection of the left brake assembly by the Federal Aviation Administration did not reveal any anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57600
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36-285
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36-7560133
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Speas Aviation Inc
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 2007
- Departed
- Monticello, IA
- Destination
- TZT · Belle Plaine, IA
- Airport
- TZT · Belle Plaine Municipal Airport, runway 36, 4,000 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 50
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2
- Last flight review
- June 1, 2007
- Seat
- Single
- Flight hours
- 3,100 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 0 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 14 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC)
- Wind
- 170° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N57600 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.