- Date
- February 10, 1989, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fernandina Bch, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N926SAPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890210025849A
- Case key
- 32396
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Probable cause
Locking of the left brake, which resulted in a ground swerve and loss of control during the landing roll.
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 plt stated that during a touch-&-go landing, the acft started to veer toward the left side of the runway. He attempted to correct the situation by using right rudder & brake, but the acft continued off the runway & into an area of grass. Subsequently, the nose & right main gear collapsed. A postcrash exam revealed the left brake was locked & the wheel assembly would not turn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N926SA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3879A0691
- Airframe hours
- 5,770
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Shields Aviation Of Georgia
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 9, 1989 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Airport
- 55J · Fernandina Beach Muni, runway 4, 5,350 × 100 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 41 total · 39 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 5 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX, 20 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.