Belle Plaine Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Belle Plaine, Iowa 52208
Monday, July 2, 2007 19:00 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The agricultural airplane was landing at the destination airport when it veered off the runway during rollout. The pilot stated that the left main landing gear brake failed. Visual inspection of the brakes revealed no anomalies. Damage to the airplane included a bent left main wing spar.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing rollout.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/2/2007
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 1900
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City Belle Plaine
Event State IOWA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 52208
Event Date Year 2007
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport Belle Plaine Municipal Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID TZT
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 771
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID --
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions --
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 20
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) --
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 170
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 1
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 24026
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Jul 3 2007 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Aug 28 2008 3:01PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\johb
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Des Moines FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N57600
NTSB Number CHI07LA203
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 137: Agricultural
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Piper
Aircraft Model PA-36-285
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 36-7560133
Certified Max Gross Weight 4400
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft --
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jun 1 2007 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed --
ELT Activated --
ELT Aided Location of Event Site --
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Speas Aviation Inc
Aircraft Owner Street Address 200 Airpark Dr
Aircraft Owner City Belle Plaine
Aircraft Owner State IA
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 52208
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate --
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Agriculture
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Aerial Application
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code --
Departure City Monticello
Departure State IA
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1820
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code TZT
Destination City Belle Plaine
Destination State IA
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - roll
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Aug 4 2008 4:43PM
User who most recently changed record BOWL
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 36
Runway Length 4000
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --