- Date
- March 21, 1982, 10:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Brownsville, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N38795Piper PA-32R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820321005799A
- Case key
- 70056
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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
The pilot stated that the aircraft did not touchdown until halfway down the runway and he then applied too much left brake resulting in the aircraft running off the left side of the runway. Before coming to a stop the left landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38795
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32RT180473
- Airframe hours
- 1,318
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Steve Grimm Golden Bear Aviat
- Registered owner
- Steve Grimm Golden Bear Aviat
- Departed
- Napa, CA
- Destination
- Brownsville, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Q21 · Brownsville, runway 6, 2,700 × 0 ft, gravel
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.
- Flight hours
- 289 total · 169 in this make and model · 178 as pilot in command · 106 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 165 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.