# Incident 19870804076309I: Israel 1123, Indianapolis, IN, August 4, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1987, 11:27 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ITNA
- Location: 39.7173° N, 86.2946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS INTL (IND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7173&lon=-86.2946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N118AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N118AF-1991-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Israel Aircraft Industries 1123 (registry code 4500101, https://openairdocs.org/model/israel-aircraft-industries-1123) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ISRAEL 1123
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870804076309I

## Narrative

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

BRAKES FAILED DURING TAXI TEST DUE TO OVERHEATED SEALS FROM PROLONGED USE WITHOUT PROPER COOLING. STRUCK JET RAMP.

## Other reports on N118AF (1)

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

- [Incident 19851025060479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851025060479I), Oct 25, 1985: Israel 1123 (N118AF), Monterey, CA. No braking action on right side during rollout. Aircraft rolled off runway. Faulty anti skid control computer box.

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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