# Incident 19940318000539I: Cessna 421B, Hutchinson, KS, March 18, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1994, 18:00 local time
- Place: Hutchinson, KS
- Airport: Hutchinson Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0662° N, 97.8605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUTCHINSON RGNL (HUT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0662&lon=-97.8605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42AG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 680 total, 0 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940318000539I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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