- Date
- January 26, 2019, 17:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Williamsburg, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6166WPiper PA28
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20190126000379A
- Case key
- 98955
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive brake application during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a drainage culvert.
Findings · 5
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, during an approach into the sun, he believed that the approach angle was too high, and he decided to abort the landing. He increased the throttle rapidly, the engine sputtered, and he continued the landing. Once on the airplane was on the runway, he quickly applied the brakes. The right brake locked up, and the airplane exited the right side of the runway and then impacted a drainage culvert. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during an approach into the sun, he believed that his approach angle was too high, and he decided to abort the landing. He increased the throttle rapidly and the engine sputtered, so he decided to continue the landing. Once on the runway he quickly applied the brakes. The right brake locked up, the airplane exited the right side of the runway, and collided with a drainage culvert. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6166W
- Reported as
- Piper PA28 (140)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-20184
- Built
- 1964
- Airframe hours
- 3,591.51
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 24, 2018
- Departed
- JGG · Williamsburg, VA
- Destination
- JGG · Williamsburg, VA
- Airport
- JGG · Williamsburg-Jamestown, runway 13, 3,204 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Handheld GPS
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
- 49
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Last flight review
- October 28, 2017
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 790 total · 575 in this make and model · 710 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.18 inHg
- Observed at
- KJGG
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 26, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 8.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.