- Date
- November 25, 1984, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cross City, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8248DPiper PA-32R-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841125063289A
- Case key
- 31322
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt stated that after touchdown as braking was initiated the acft began to pull to the left. Right brake was applied with no correcting effect. The acft ran off the left side of the runway and the landing gear collapsed. Post crash exam of brakes revealed no evidence of a mechanical malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8248D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R8013121
- Airframe hours
- 680
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- High Flyers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 8, 1984
- Departed
- MLU · Monroe, LA
- Destination
- CTY · Cross City, FL
- Airport
- CTY · Cross City, runway 13, 5,000 × 150 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 208 total · 87 in this make and model · 166 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 45 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 N8248D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.