- Date
- June 10, 1989, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Austin, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N655APiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890610015139A
- Case key
- 22878
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Probable cause
The failure of the aircraft brake system. Factors include high tail wind.
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 pilot executed a downwind landing with approximately 20 knots of tailwind and experienced a total failure of the brake system. The aircraft overran the runway and nosed over at the departure end.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N655A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-58
- Airframe hours
- 4,400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eisenberg, Frank
- Registered owner
- Turpin, Ralph
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- AUS · Austin, TX
- Airport
- 6R4 · Austin Bird'S Nest, runway 16, 2,715 × 25 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 110 total · 30 in this make and model · 80 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.