Piper PA-22-150 N6951D

Summary

On 5 October 1983 at about 21:15 local time, a Piper PA-22-150 registered N6951D was involved in an accident near Derby, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 October 1983 at 21:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Derby, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Cook Airfield (K50)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-150

Registration

N6951D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC84LA003

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT WAS PACTICING LANDINGS & STOPPED AFTER EACH TOUCHDOWN. AFTER APRX THE 5TH LANDING, THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE & THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE RWY. BEFORE STOPPING, THE NOSE GEAR WENT IN A DITCH & COLLAPSED, AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE PLT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT SEE THE DITCH BEFORE THE ENCOUNTER SINCE IT WAS COVERED WITH VEGETATION (GRASS). AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT BRAKE BLEEDER PORT O-RING WAS IMPROPERLY SEATED ALLOWED HYDRAULIC FLUID TO LEAK WITH EACH APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES. THE HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR WAS FOUND TO BE EMPTY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.