- Date
- April 24, 1992, 20:09 local (Apr 25, 1992, 03:09 UTC)
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55296Piper PA-34-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920424011119A
- Case key
- 27605
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Probable cause
The inadequate inspection of the airplane's brakes system by maintenance personnel and the maintenance personnel not replacing brake linings that were worn beyond their service limits. The runway lights and fence that were in the airplane's ground path after it departed the runway were factors in the accident.
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
During the landing roll the pilot applied both brakes to slow the airplane. The right brake failed to operate and the airplane ran off the left side of the runway. The airplane struck runway lights and a chain link fence before coming to a stop. An examination of the airplane's brake system after the accident disclosed that the right brake lining was worn beyond its service limits. Both left and right brake systems had been overhauled in March, 1992.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55296
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 347350198
- Airframe hours
- 4,072
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1E6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Falcon Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Falcon Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · April 13, 1992 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- P06 · Bullhead City, AZ
- Destination
- VNY
- Airport
- VNY · Van Nuys, runway 16, 4,000 × 75 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
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,321 total · 294 in this make and model · 1,171 as pilot in command · 197 in the last 90 days · 58 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VNY, 1 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.
Other investigations on N55296 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.