- Date
- June 2, 1992, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hazard, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- CGDNHPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 37154
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Probable cause
The internal failure of the brake's master cylinder. Factors contributing to this accident were; the pilot's improperly planned approach and failure to touch down at the proper point.
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 landed approximately halfway down the 3250 foot runway. The pilot applied the hand brake 3 times, on the third time the brakes failed. The pilot turned off the right side of the runway to slow down in the grass but the airplane hit a ditch and nosed over. Examination of the brakes revealed an internal failure in the brake master cylinder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGDNH
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-546
- Airframe hours
- 3,141
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David Wheatman
- Registered owner
- David Wheatman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 28, 1991 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- I28 · Ashland-Boyd, KY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- K20 · Eastern Kentucky, runway 24, 3,250 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 146 total · 130 in this make and model · 26 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °F