- Date
- May 26, 1990, 12:02 local (16:02 UTC)
- Place
- Lyons, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7308PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900526020119A
- Case key
- 36646
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Probable cause
A worn out brake on the left main gear. Factors related to the accident were: the owner's decision not to repair the left brake after the right brake had a similar failure 4 hours earlier.
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 airplane ran off the end of the runway and down an embankment after the left brake failed during landing. The pilot said he had brakes on the right, but not the left. The FAA examined the aircraft and found the left brake worn to the point that the piston extended beyond its normal range and allowed the seal to leak and the brake to fail. They also said the right brake had failed in a similar manner 4 hours prior and the owner had instructed the repair facility to only replace the linings on the right side.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7308P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2483
- Airframe hours
- 5,073
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1C5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anthony J. D'Amico
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 21, 1989 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- D93 · Waterloo, NY
- Airport
- NONE
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 675 total · 173 in this make and model · 573 as pilot in command · 108 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7308P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.