- Date
- March 20, 1991, 09:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place
- La Belle, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25459Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910320006649A
- Case key
- 32836
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Probable cause
Failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the fact that the pilot diverted his attention when he pulled the parking brake handle to apply the brakes.
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 on the grass adjacent to rwy 14 with a wind from the east at 5 KTS, the plt lost control of the acft after he reached down & pulled the parking brake handle to apply the brakes. The acft yawed to the right which collapsed the rt main & nose landing gears & came to rest. As a result of the collapse of the rt gear, the brake line broke. It was replaced & no further brake system components were replaced. The acft was repaired & flown from the accident site to the new owner's facility. The owner stated that the brakes operated normally when using the parking brake handle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25459
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-81A0001
- Airframe hours
- 1,628
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Grant, Warren & Newbury, Fred
- Registered owner
- Grant, Warren & Newbury, Fred
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 14, 1990 · 24 hours before
- Airport
- X14 · La Belle Municipal, runway 14, 3,400 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 28 total · 28 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 25 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 N25459 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.