- Date
- October 5, 1983, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Derby, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6951DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831005060559A
- Case key
- 33578
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was pacticing landings & stopped after each touchdown. After aprx the 5th landing, the brakes failed to operate & the acft continued off the end of the rwy. Before stopping, the nose gear went in a ditch & collapsed, and the acft nosed over. The plt stated that he could not see the ditch before the encounter since it was covered with vegetation (grass). An investigation revealed that the left brake bleeder port o-ring was improperly seated allowed hydraulic fluid to leak with each application of the brakes. The hydraulic reservoir was found to be empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6951D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-4880
- Airframe hours
- 2,924
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-AIA, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald P. Branine
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 22, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- K50 · Cook Airfield, runway 18, 2,490 × 40 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 70 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ICT, 7 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.