- Date
- March 12, 1988, 14:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Elma, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8374CPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880312051889A
- Case key
- 40787
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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
During landing roll the pilot applied toe brakes. The right brake pedal went to the floor. The aircraft then veered to the left of the centerline despite the pilots attempt to groundloop the aircraft. The aircraft then rolled over an embankment, collapsing the right main gear and the nose gear. The right brake disc was found to have failed in the area of a weld. The brake disc was found to have been corroded. Uneven wear was evident on the disc. The brake linings were found to have been worn. 100 hours had been flown on the aircraft since the annual inspection was performed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8374C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7635153
- Airframe hours
- 1,750
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William A. Gault
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1987 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- CLS · Centralia, WA
- Destination
- WA22 · Elma, WA
- Airport
- WA22 · Elma Municipal, runway 25, 2,100 × 30 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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,550 total · 240 in this make and model · 1,475 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.