# Incident 19970523017319I: Cessna 182Q, Memphis, TN, May 23, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1997, 15:00 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N759NJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N759NJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 98 total, 98 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970523017319I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, C182 SKYLANE AIRCRAFT, N759NJ, AT 2040Z, ON 05/23/97, THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXITING RUNWAY 18C AND SWERVED OFF OF THE TAXIWAY AND STRUCK AN EDGELIGHT. DUE TO FLUID LEAKING OUT OF THE RIGHT BRAKE CYLINDER, THE BRAKE FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT WENT LEFT WHEN THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES TO ENTER THE TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED FROM HITTING THE EDGELIGHT, AND THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER. THE BRAKE PADS AND CYLINDER O'RINGS WERE REPLACED ON BOTH SIDES. BRAKE ROTARS WERE WITHIN LIMITS, BUT SCHEDULED FOR A CHANGE AT THE NEXT ANNUAL INSPECTION. ALTHOUGH THE PADS WERE REPLACED ON THE RIGHT BRAKE AT THE LAST 100 HR. INSPECTION, THE ROUGH ROTAR AND EXCESSIVE USE WORE OUT THE BRAKE PAD. THIS ALLOWED THE CYLINDER TO OVER EXTEND AND PASS THE O'RING ALLOWING THE BRAKE FLUID TO BLOW OUT.

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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