Piper PA-28R-200 N4290T

Summary

On 28 February 2009 at about 18:00 local time, a Piper PA-28R-200 registered N4290T, operated by M.Y. Air Corp, was involved in an accident near Fallbrook, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 February 2009 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Fallbrook, California, United States

Nearest airport

Fallbrook Community Airport (L18)

Coordinates

33.3569, -117.2514

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-200

Registration

N4290T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

M.Y. Air Corp

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Redlands → Fallbrook

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR09CA132

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's improper use of the brakes and his failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing rollout.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, he arrived from the northeast and entered the extended right base leg for Runway 18, a 2,160-foot-long asphalt runway. The winds were reported as 3 knots from the south. Prior to being established on the base leg, he had set full flaps and lowered the landing gear. He said that by the time he turned onto final, the airplane "may have seemed slightly high, speed was good and descent rate appeared good." He further stated that while he landed the airplane on the first half of the runway, he perhaps floated a little bit and that "the landing was a little further than I anticipated." The landing rollout was good until he reached "a slight mound in the runway" that created an optical illusion of the runway's end being closer than it was. He then locked the brakes and skidded off the runway into the brush.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.