- Date
- August 9, 1982, 10:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Scottsbluff, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1970APiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820809035289A
- Case key
- 72580
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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 takeoff, the pilot raised the tail at about 50 mph and the aircraft veered to the left. Despite the pilot's countermeasures, it departed the left side of the runway. The right gear then collapsed and the right wing and propeller were damaged. An inspection of the left brake revealed that the compensating port on the master cylinder was plugged with dirt. This was binding the left brake to the extent that the left wheel assembly would barely rotate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1970A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-879
- Airframe hours
- 2,175
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Albin I. Reynolds
- Registered owner
- Albin I. Reynolds
- Departed
- BFF · Scottsbluff, NE
- Destination
- RWL · Rawlins, WY
- Airport
- BFF · Scottsbluff County, runway 12, 8,280 × 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 240 total · 238 in this make and model · 216 as pilot in command · 91 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.