ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298089
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 December 2017 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-12 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N47FP |
| MSN: | 12-2741 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2392 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320A33 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Angleton, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Angleton/Lake Jackson-Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport, TX (LJN/KLBX) |
| Angleton/Lake Jackson-Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport, TX (LJN/KLBX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was conducting a personal flight with a passenger. He indicated that after an uneventful flight, he performed a pattern approach to the runway for a touch-and-go landing. After touchdown, when the pilot lowered the left wheel to the ground, the airplane immediately and uncontrollably veered sharply to the left. The pilot applied full right rudder and immediately held the stick full right and aft to keep the airplane from ground looping or cartwheeling. The pilot was unable to regain directional control of the airplane, and it departed the runway to the left and collided with two precision approach path indicator lights before coming to a stop. Braking marks on the runway and grass correlated to the left main landing gear tire as it passed from the runway surface onto the grass. Postaccident examination did not reveal any anomalies with the left brake system. After the brake examination, the pilot stated that the passenger could have inadvertently had his foot on the brake pedal during the landing rollout. Because the examination did not reveal any anomalies with the brakes, it is likely that the passenger inadvertently activated the left brake pedal during the landing.
Probable Cause: The passenger's inadvertent activation of the left brake during landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control and a runway excursion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN18LA071
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2022 12:49 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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