Piper PA 28-180 N2814T

Summary

On 23 July 2017 at about 00:36 local time, a Piper PA 28-180 registered N2814T was involved in an accident near Whaleyville, Virginia, 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

23 July 2017 at 00:36

Classification

Accident

Location

Whaleyville, Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Umphlett Airstrip (VG37)

Coordinates

36.5894, -76.6381

Aircraft

Piper PA 28-180

Registration

N2814T

Category

Airplane

Year built

1972

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Suffolk → Suffolk

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

GAA17CA430

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s inadvertent brake application during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of directional control.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, the airplane touched down on the approach end of the grass airstrip. During the landing roll, he did not realize that his "right foot was resting against the right toe brake." The airplane exited the right side of the airstrip and struck trees. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right-wing spar and horizontal stabilizer. The pilot did not possess a Federal Aviation Administration pilot certificate. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.