Piper PA-32R-301T N8448Y

Summary

On 6 January 2010 at about 22:46 local time, a Piper PA-32R-301T registered N8448Y, operated by Saadeh Mamdouh, was involved in an accident near Auburn, Alabama, 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

6 January 2010 at 22:46

Classification

Accident

Location

Auburn, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Auburn-Opelika Airport (AUO)

Coordinates

32.6089, -85.4336

Aircraft

Piper PA-32R-301T

Registration

N8448Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Saadeh Mamdouh

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Thomaston → Auburn

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA10LA110

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's loss of directional control after landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

After landing, the pilot applied the brakes to slow the airplane for a left turn off the runway. Instead, the airplane began a turn to the right, which could not be corrected with left brake application. The airplane departed the right side of the runway and came to a stop upright on a grass apron. A postaccident examination of both the left and right brakes by an aircraft mechanic revealed that the brakes turned freely with no dragging noted and that they appeared to be functional at the time of the examination.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.