- Date
- February 5, 1983, 23:50 local (Feb 6, 1983, 07:50 UTC)
- Place
- Fair Oaks, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6694PPiper PA-24
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830205004289A
- Case key
- 23884
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he approached runway 18 at 70-80 mph and after touchdown he pulled the hand brake. The acft spun right 45 degrees and skidded off the runway. He said it felt like the right brake grabbed hard. The acft came to a stop about 25 feet from the runway after a VASI installation had been struck during the excursion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6694P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7102404
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- North Tahoe Air Farce
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 045 · Vacaville, CA
- Airport
- 011 · Phoenix Field, runway 18, 2,590 × 40 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 27 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft unknown
- Temperature
- -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.