- Date
- July 13, 1983, 20:00 local (Jul 14, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mason, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6996KPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830713035609A
- Case key
- 12268
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student & instructor plt (CFI) were practicing landings in the student's acft, which was equipped with brakes only on the left side. Reportedly, the student flared high during a landing & the CFI added power to recover. After touchdown, the roll-out was using a large part of the rwy, so the CFI asked the student to apply brakes to slow the acft. The brakes were applied unevenly, and subsequently, the plane veered to the right & the right wing was ultimately damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6996K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-104
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Davis Groh
- Registered owner
- Milton Faynor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 2M17 · Bergeon, runway 26, 2,200 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 691 total · 12 in this make and model · 645 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAN, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.