# Accident 19980130000789A: Cessna 180, Hailey, ID, January 30, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1998, 18:38 local time
- Place: Hailey, ID
- Airport: Friedman Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7707° N, 114.6198° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7707&lon=-114.6198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N180AJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N180AJ-2022-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT O470K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,780 total, 460 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980130000789A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD LANDED EARLIER ON A PLOWED RUNWAY WITH HARD-PACKED SNOW AND ICE SURFACE CONDITIONS. HE BELIEVED THAT WHILE TAXIING FOR TURNAROUND AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT-HAND BRAKE APPARENTLY BECAME HYDRAULICALLY LOCKED DUE TO ENGAGEMENT OF THE PARKING BRAKE MECHANISM ON THAT SIDE.  HE STATED THAT AT NO TIME WAS THE PARKING BRAKE HANDLE PULLED.  HE SAID HIS TAKEOFF ON THE ICY RUNWAY SEEMED NORMAL, AND HE WAS COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THE LOCKED CONDITION OF THE BRAKE AT THAT TIME.  UPON TOUCHDOWN AT HAILEY, THE AIRPLANE IMMEDIATELY VEERED VIOLENTLY TO THE RIGHT AND THE BRAKE REMAINED LOCKED.  THE AIRPLANE SWERVED TO THE RIGHT BEFORE NOSING OVER.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE PARKING BRAKE LOCKING LEVER ON THE RIGHT BRAKE CYLINDER WAS IN ITS OVERCENTER POSITION, LOCKING THE BRAKE.    (-23) THE PILOT REPORTED HE HAD TAXIED ON A ROUGH SLUSH COVERED AIRSTRIP (MAGIC RESERVOIR, U93) JUST PRIOR TO HIS FLIGHT TO HAILEY, ID (SUN). AT NO TIME DID HE ACTIVATE THE PARKING BRAKE. UPON TOUCHDOWN ON THE CLEAR, DRY PAVEMENT AT SUN, THE PILOT REPORTED HEARING A "SCREECHING" SOUND, SAW SMOKE, AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRPLANE CAREENED TO THE  TO THE RIGHT AND FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA98LA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA032), Jan 31, 1998: Cessna 180 (N180AJ), Sun Valley, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertent actuation of the parking brake.

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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