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: 1. Pilot aborted take-off when he experienced a runaway rudder trim. Using maximum braking a brake hose ruptured spraying hydraulic fluid on hot brake which caused a fire. Fire was put out and caused minor damage. 2. No nemac. 3. No pilot deviation.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: 1. PILOT ABORTED TAKE-OFF WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A RUNAWAY RUDDER TRIM. USING MAXIMUM BRAKING A BRAKE HOSE RUPTURED SPRAYING HYDRAULIC FLUID ON HOT BRAKE WHICH CAUSED A FIRE. FIRE WAS PUT OUT AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE. 2. NO NEMAC. 3. NO PILOT DEVIATION.
Other reports on N540FT · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.