- Date
- June 7, 1985, 14:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- Des Moines, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3502MPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850607045799A
- Case key
- 33957
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a full stop landing the plt applied brakes to arrest the landing roll and upon application of the brakes, the acft veered slowly to the left without slowing down. The check plt applied his brakes to assist the plt, but without any effect. The acft continued off the runway where it sustained substantial damage. The acft braking system was replaced 140 flt hours prior to this occurrence. The acft is used extensively for student plt training. The acft brake system showed excessive wear on the brake linings. The brake lining pucks exceeded their effective limit which allowed hydraulic fluid bleed-by.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3502M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7890307
- Airframe hours
- 848
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Des Moines Flying Serv.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 10, 1985 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- DSM · Des Moines, IA
- Airport
- DSM · Des Moines, runway 30, 3,202 × 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 164 total · 1 in this make and model · 94 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DSM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.