- Date
- April 18, 1983, 16:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Spicewood, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2860NPiper PA-28-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830418013809A
- Case key
- 20868
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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
While on the landing roll, the brakes failed & the plt was unable to stop on the remaining rwy. Subsequently, the acft hit a metal light pole, the nose gear was damaged when it hit a hole & the left wing struck trees. An exam of the brakes revealed that the left brake linings were worn completely away, allowing the o-ring seal to be exposed & fluid to escape. Also, the right brake had excessive were. The acft was equipped with large wheel pants which would have made the brake sys hard to see during a preflt inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2860N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-201T
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 1,275
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary H. Hampton
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 3, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- 3R3 · Austin, TX
- Airport
- Windermere Gliderport, runway 35, 3,000 × 30 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,038 total · 59 in this make and model · 984 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS, 25 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.