# Incident 19790910035039I: Beech A36, Addison, TX, September 10, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1979, 11:22 local time
- Place: Addison, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9637° N, 96.8338° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Addison, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9637&lon=-96.8338&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72MB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72MB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790910035039I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BRAKES FAILED DURING TAXI, AIRCRAFT WENT INTO DITCH. BRAKE FLUID HAD LEAKED PAST PISTON O-RING DUE TO MISSING LININ

## Other reports on N72MB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780625017109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780625017109A), Jun 25, 1978: Beech A36 (N72MB), Olathe, KS, Substantial damage. Mixture control not in full rich position

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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