Piper PA-34-200 N41298

Summary

On 14 November 1987 at about 14:00 local time, a Piper PA-34-200 registered N41298, operated by Coastal Flight Center, Inc., was involved in an accident near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 November 1987 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Murfreesboro Muni (MBT)

Coordinates

35.8503, -86.3902

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-200

Registration

N41298

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Coastal Flight Center, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL88LA039

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 RT WHEEL BRAKE FAILED WHILE THE AIRPLANE WAS TAXIING ON A PARALLEL TAXIWAY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED NEAR THE END OF THE TAXIWAY, JUST AS THE PLT WAS ABOUT TO TURN THE AIRPLANE ONTO THE RWY. THE PLT SUBSEQUENTLY ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE AIRPLANE USING DIFFERENTIAL POWER. THE AIRPLANE CROSSED THE RWY AND RAN INTO TREES ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE RWY. THE PLT PULLED THE MIXTURE CONTROLS TO IDLE CUTOFF JUST BEFORE THE AIRPLANE RAN OFF THE RWY. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO ONE OF THE WINGS. POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE RT BRAKE REVEALED THAT THE BRAKE PADS WERE COMPLETELY WORN AWAY. THE ACFT RPTDLY UNDERWENT AN ANNUAL INSPECTION ABOUT 1 MONTH BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.