- Date
- June 27, 1975
- Place
- Grand Prairie, TX · GRAND PRAIRIE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1495PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750627016659A
- Case key
- 149616
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1429 75/6/27 GRAND PRAIRIE,TX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1550 N1495P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 45, 6051 TOTAL HOURS, 85 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND PRAIRIE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND PRAIRIE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED REMARKS- L BRAKE MASTER CYL FAILED FOR UNDET REASON.40HRS ON PART SINCE OVHL.EVIDENCE OF FAST TAXYING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1495P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Prairie
N1495PRegistration cancelled Sep 5, 2014 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.