Piper PA-34-200T Runway Excursion at El Berriel Aerodrome (EC-EJV)

Incident Overview and Flight Details On August 26, 2010, at 11:00 local time, a Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II, registration EC-EJV, operated by Aerotec, experienced a runway excursion at El Berriel Aerodrome on Gran Canaria Island. The aircraft, primarily used for flight instruction, was on a positioning flight from Los Rodeos-Tenerife Norte Airport to El Berriel for the renewal of its airworthiness certificate. The flight departed at 10:00 local time with three occupants: the pilot in command, a flight instructor in the copilot seat, and a maintenance technician. The aircraft was equipped with two Teledyne Continental Motors LTSIO 360 EB engines. The pilot in command was a 29-year-old commercial pilot with 673 total flight hours and 63 hours on type. The flight proceeded normally until the landing phase, when the pilot detected a failure in the left main wheel brake during the initial braking phase.