19961031038569I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 414A · Columbus, OH · October 31, 1996

Date: October 31, 1996 · 12:30 local
Place: Columbus, OH
Airport: Ohio State University
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N84PR
Reported as: Cessna 414A
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520NB
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,700 total2,500 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N84PRRegistered now · Cessna 414AS/N 414A0213 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 414A Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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: after taxiing an almost straight line from the hangar to the run-up area, Mr. Ryan applied brakes to stop the aircraft. While applying the brakes, Mr. Ryan noticed that the left brake system did not respond to his application. Mr. Ryan was able to stop the aircraft, but not before the right propeller system struck a taxi light. Damage to the aircraft was limited to the right propeller system and to the right lower nose section. Maintenance inspected the brake system and found the left and right reservoirs empty. There was no indication of any leaks in the brake system. Maintenance found both the left and right brake reservoirs empty. The date of the last annual inspection was 10/21/95. The date of the incident was 10/31/96. The only maintenance recorded in the aircraft logbook since the annual was a battery installation on 09/11/96.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AFTER TAXIING AN ALMOST STRAIGHT LINE FROM THE HANGAR TO THE RUN-UP AREA, MR. RYAN APPLIED BRAKES TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, MR. RYAN NOTICED THAT THE LEFT BRAKE SYSTEM DID NOT RESPOND TO HIS APPLICATION. MR. RYAN WAS ABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT, BUT NOT BEFORE THE RIGHT PROPELLER SYSTEM STRUCK A TAXI LIGHT. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE RIGHT PROPELLER SYSTEM AND TO THE RIGHT LOWER NOSE SECTION. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND FOUND THE LEFT AND RIGHT RESERVOIRS EMPTY. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY LEAKS IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM. MAINTENANCE FOUND BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT BRAKE RESERVOIRS EMPTY. THE DATE OF THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS 10/21/95. THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT WAS 10/31/96. THE ONLY MAINTENANCE RECORDED IN THE AIRCRAFT LOGBOOK SINCE THE ANNUAL WAS A BATTERY INSTALLATION ON 09/11/96.