40.5963° N, 98.3903° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Hastings, NE, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 23, 1978 · 15:35 local
Place
Hastings, NE
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5424G
Reported as
Cessna 404CESSNA
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,200 total1,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilots lost directional control after touchdown due to failure of a master brake failure.
As the FAA filed it
PILOTS LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN DUE TO FAILURE OF A MASTER BRAKE FAILURE.