- Date
- August 20, 1983, 21:45 local (Aug 21, 1983, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Butler, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N600APiper PA-22 Tripacer
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830820045369A
- Case key
- 35259
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft ran off the rwy into a 4 ft ditch and nosed over while taxiing. The plt said the 'brakes gave way' while he wastaxiing down rwy 17 after landing. When he realized the brakes were not holding he shut off the engine by the mixture control. To avoid going onto a hiway the plt turned left off the side of the rwy. The nose gear hit a ditch and the acftnosed over. The brakes were examined after the accident and they were soft and spongy when applied. Hydraulic fluid leaked from the vent hole in the master cylinder. It was found that the diaphragm had split in the cylinder causing lossof fluid and braking action.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N600A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22 Tripacer (PA-22 TRIP)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3
- Airframe hours
- 3,700
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert J. Taylor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 27, 1983
- Airport
- 3G9 · Butler-Row, runway 18, 2,590 × 38 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 78 total · 78 in this make and model · 47 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N600A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.