# Accident 19950726019679A: Cessna S550, Minneapolis, MN, July 26, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1995, 13:49 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0095° N, 93.3806° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0095&lon=-93.3806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72WC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA S550
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,890 total, 2,820 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA240) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950726019679A

## Narrative

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

LOST BRAKES LANDING. FAILED TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKING. LOST CONTROL. VEERED OFF RUNWAY DOWN EMBANKMENT. (-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON A 3909' RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY USED NORMAL THRUST REVERSE AND SPOILERS. WHEN THE PILOT TRIED THE NORMAL BRAKE SYSTEM IT DID NOT WORK. THE OTHER PILOT TRIED BRAKES ON RIGHT SIDE AND THE NORMAL BRAKE SYSTEM DID NOT WORK. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON THE LEFT SIDE ABOUT 1000' PRIOR TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AT THE END OF THE APPROACH LIGHTS AFTER GOING DOWN A STEEP SLOPE AND BACK UP THE OPPOSITE SIDE. NO ONE ON BOARD WAS INJURED. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS TO THE CABIN, LANDING GEAR, WING SPARS, AND ENGINES. DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE PRESSURE VESSEL THAT REQUIRED MAJOR REPAIRS, NTSB DECLARED THIS TO BE AN ACCIDENT. THE BRAKE SYSTEM COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED FOR TESTING. RESULTS OF THOSE TESTS NOT AVAILABLE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI95LA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA240), Jul 26, 1995: Cessna 550 (N72WC), Minneapolis, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the landing gear braking system for undetermined reason(s) and the pilot's failure to perform the emergency procedure of operating the emergency brake system. Rough/uneven terrain was a…

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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