# Incident 19961031038569I: Cessna 414A, Columbus, OH, October 31, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1996, 12:30 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Ohio State University
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0795° N, 83.0732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (OSU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0795&lon=-83.0732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84PR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84PR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520NB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961031038569I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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