- Date
- March 9, 1979
- Place
- Lake Como, FL · LAKE COMO, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N92110Piper J-3
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790309014129A
- Case key
- 137182
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1821 79/3/9 LAKE COMO,FL PIPER J-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 661 TIME - 1710 N92110 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 180 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THUNDERBIRD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE COMO,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- LEFT BRAKE FOUND TO BE INOP DUE RUPTURED DIAPHRAM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92110
- Reported as
- Piper J-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Thunderbird
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.