- Date
- October 8, 1983, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Block Island, RI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9238TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831008053789A
- Case key
- 35451
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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
The flt was uneventful until the acft was landed at the destination. During the landing, the acft veered off the rwy & was damaged. An exam of the brake sys revealed that the reservoir still had fluid. When checked, the left brake was firm, but the right brake had no pressure, an inspection of the right brake line revealed that a nut & ferrule were missing. The nose & right main gear collapsed during the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9238T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A0287
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Newair Flight, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Oxford, CT
- Airport
- BID · Block Island, runway 28, 2,500 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.