Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Sep 8, 2013, Doylestown
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on September 8, 2013 near Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States with no fatalities. Cause: A leaking parking brake...
- Date: September 8, 2013
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A leaking parking brake valve in the pressurized cabin let air enter the left brake line, causing brake failure during the landing roll.
A Piper PA-31P Navajo (N57JK) on a private flight from Cambridge landed at Doylestown, Pennsylvania. After touchdown the left brake failed, the aircraft left the right side of the runway into the grass, and the landing gear collapsed. The pilot was not injured, but the left wing spar was damaged.