# Incident 19970227001919I: Beech E90, Fredericksburg, VA, February 27, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1997, 09:45 local time
- Place: Fredericksburg, VA
- Airport: Shannon Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2669° N, 77.4492° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHANNON (EZF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2669&lon=-77.4492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81HP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81HP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-90 (registry code 1152914, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-27-28 (registry code 61504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-27-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E90
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970227001919I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 02/27/97, N81HP, A BE-90-E90 AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT EZF, SLIGHTLY LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE AND THEN SHARPLY LEFT APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET DOWN RUNWAY 24 OFF ONTO THE GRASS AND CAME TO A STOP IN A GULLY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE SIDEWALL. THE SOLE MANIPULATOR OF THE CONTROLS, NOT THE PILOT IN COMMAND, REPORTED EXPERIENCING HEAVY DRAGGING OF THE LEFT BRAKES. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF THE CLEVELAND WHEEL AND BRAKE INSTALLATION SHOWED BRAKE DISK CONING AND THE LEFT AFT BRAKE SHOWED SIGNS OF OVERHEATING. A TEARDOWN INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE INSTALLATION DID NOT REVEAL OTHER ABNORMALITIES, YET THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS SHOW EVIDENCE OF RECURRING BRAKE PROBLEMS SINCE THE INSTALLATION OF THE CLEVELAND WHEEL AND BRAKE STC# SA619 GL IN DECEMBER OF 1995. A REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER, ALTIMETER ALTITUDE REPORTING AND ATC TRANSPONDER INSPECTIONS WERE OVERDUE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALTHOUGH THE BRAKES WERE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONS OF STC# SA619GL, THE HISTORY OF BRAKING PROBLEMS WARRANTS FURTHER 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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