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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Hutchinson, KS · March 18, 1994

Date: March 18, 1994 · 18:00 local
Place: Hutchinson, KS
Airport: Hutchinson Municipal
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N42AG
Reported as: Cessna 421B
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 680 total0 in this make and model100 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.

Narrative: the aircraft was taxiing to runway 17 at Hutchinson airport. The pilot made a right turn onto a taxiway. When he attempted to straighten out, the left brake failed. The aircraft continued to the right and left the taxiway. The aircraft struck a taxiway sign and the nose gear collapsed, allowing the left prop to strike the ground. There were no injuries. The cause of the brake failure remains under investigation.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING TO RUNWAY 17 AT HUTCHINSON AIRPORT. THE PILOT MADE A RIGHT TURN ONTO A TAXIWAY. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTEN OUT, THE LEFT BRAKE FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, ALLOWING THE LEFT PROP TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CAUSE OF THE BRAKE FAILURE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.