- Date
- September 28, 1989, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mt. Horeb, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N44502Piper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890928037009A
- Case key
- 14424
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to follow proper procedures for breaking-in new brakes and the excessive touchdown speed. Contributing factors were the worn brakes.
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 aircraft touched down fast in gusty crosswind conditions and did not stop prior to the departure end of the runway, where it collided with evergreen trees. The landing was the first landing made since the installation of a set of new metallic brake linings. Post-accident investigation revealed excessively worn brake discs and linings. The pilot indicated that recommended brake lining break-in procedures had not been accomplished.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44502
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7405248
- Airframe hours
- 2,240
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- James D. Malliet
- Registered owner
- James D Malliet
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 17, 1988 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- FSD · Sioux Falls, SD
- Airport
- C69 · Gonstead, runway 36, 2,150 × 85 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 412 total · 355 in this make and model · 375 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 15 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 20 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.