# Incident 19970715036159I: Beech 95B55, Bloomington, IN, July 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1997, 09:35 local time
- Place: Bloomington, IN
- Airport: Monroe County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1460° N, 86.6167° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONROE COUNTY (BMG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1460&lon=-86.6167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4476W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4476W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (T42A) (registry code 1152706, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970715036159I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. KEEN WAS TAXIING, N4476W, FROM IN FRONT OF HIS T-HANGAR TO ANOTHER SECTION OF THE T-HANGAR AREA, WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED AND COULD NOT STOP THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OFF INTO A DITCH. MR. KEEN DID TRY TO USE DIFFERENTIAL POWER TO AVOID THE DITCH AND FINISH THE TURN, BUT IT DID NOT WORK. HE SHUT DOWN BOTH ENGINES, BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE DITCH. TO MAKE THE TURN WITH THE AIRCRAFT DOES REQUIRE TWO SHARP NINETY DEGREE TURNS. THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS CHECKED BY INSPECTOR KING AND MEYERS. NO ABNORMALITIES WERE DISCOVERED AND COULD NOT DETERMINE WHY THE BRAKES FAILED IN THE TURN. MR. KEEN DID STATE THAT HE DID NOT INTEND TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT, BUT WAS ONLY MOVING TO ANOTHER RAMP TO CLEAR THE RAMP IN FRONT OF HIS T-HANGAR. BRIEF EXPLANATION OF ISSUES INVOLVED FOR EACH OF THE NINE RESPONSIBILITIES INVOLVED: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS WAS DUE TO HEAVY USE OF THE BRAKES DURING THE INITIAL TURN AND PUMPING OF THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES. THE BRAKES WOULD TEMPORARILY STOP WORKING. THE PILOT USED POOR TECHNIQUE TO MAKE A SERIES OF TIGHT TURNS ON THE SMALL TAXIWAY WAYS FOUND IN THE T-HANGAR AREA.

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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