- Date
- July 9, 1986, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Effingham, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5214HPiper PA-16
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860709040049A
- Case key
- 13506
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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
Acft ground looped during landing roll. Plt reported the right seat left brake did not stop wheel from turning. Inspection of right seat brakes revealed corroded aluminum shuttle valve between the co-pilot and pilot brake lines which prevented transfer of braking.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5214H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16-15
- Airframe hours
- 990
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vagabond Flight Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 19, 1986 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- H84 · Flora, IL
- Airport
- 1H2 · Effingham Co Memorial, runway 19, 3,400 × 60 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 595 total · 3 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots, gusting 9
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.