NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW85LA092
Registry · N55PT
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-18-135
Year of manufacture
1953 · 32 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560503
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A6FE69
Registrant of record
DEJULIA THOMAS A
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE PLT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) REPORTED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE SPOILERS & BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BUT NO BRAKING ACTION WAS FELT ALTHOUGH PEDDLE PRESSURE WAS EVIDENT. HE STATED THAT BY THE TIME IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE BRAKES WERE INEFFECTIVE,INSUFFICIENT RWY REMAINED TO GO AROUND. HE STATED THAT POWER WAS REDUCED & THE ACFT WENT OFF THE END OF THE RWY. NO SKID MARKS WERE FOUND GOING OFF THE DEPARTURE END. WITNESSES SAID THE ACFT HAD LANDED ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE RWY. THEY DID NOT HEAR THE ENGS 'RUN UP' UNTIL AFTER THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RWY'S END. AFTER DEPARTING THE RWY, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED SOFT MUDDY TERRAIN & WAS DAMAGED. NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND DURING AN EXAM OF THE BRAKES, ANTI-SKID, SPOILERS, WING FLAPS EMERG BRAKES & DRAG CHUTE. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1985_FTW85LA092.txt.
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