- Date
- February 11, 1993, 16:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Ruston, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6290YPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930211002259A
- Case key
- 18637
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Probable cause
Failure at a hydraulic fitting, which resulted in a hydraulic leak, loss of hydraulic fluid, and subsequent loss of braking action during the landing roll.
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 landing on a runway with a displace threshold, braking action was lost and the pilot was unable to stop the airplane on the remaining runway. Subsequently, the airplane ran off the end of the runway and collided with three small trees, which damaged the right wing. An inspection revealed a leak in a brake line fitting had allowed the hydraulic system to be depleted of fluid.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6290Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-3450
- Airframe hours
- 3,700
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mountain Aviation
- Registered owner
- Mountain Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 14, 1992 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- BTR · Baton Rouge, LA
- Destination
- RSN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RSN · Ruston Municipal, runway 16, 2,798 × 90 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 698 total · 42 in this make and model · 570 as pilot in command · 86 in the last 90 days · 57 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLU, 30 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.