19981026042179I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · Wichita, KS · October 26, 1998

Date
October 26, 1998 · 23:30 local
Place
Wichita, KS
Airport
Wichita Mid-Continent
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N834CB
Reported as
Cessna 550
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

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.

(-5)No action planned or taken on this incident involving a Cessna citation bravo, N834CB, striking a hangar wall during taxi operations after allegedly experiencing a brake failure. No evidence to indicate inappropriate action on part of crew, however during testing conducted by Cessna employees a brake system malfunction could not be duplicated. Despite repeated requests, Mr. Wendell corneil, senior airworthiness engineer and Mr. Mike enz, engineering group leader of Cessna aircraft co., failed to make available any tests results to the Wichita FSDO.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)NO ACTION PLANNED OR TAKEN ON THIS INCIDENT INVOLVING A CESSNA CITATION BRAVO, N834CB, STRIKING A HANGAR WALL DURING TAXI OPERATIONS AFTER ALLEGEDLY EXPERIENCING A BRAKE FAILURE. NO EVIDENCE TO INDICATE INAPPROPRIATE ACTION ON PART OF CREW, HOWEVER DURING TESTING CONDUCTED BY CESSNA EMPLOYEES A BRAKE SYSTEM MALFUNCTION COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. DESPITE REPEATED REQUESTS, MR. WENDELL CORNEIL, SENIOR AIRWORTHINESS ENGINEER AND MR. MIKE ENZ, ENGINEERING GROUP LEADER OF CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO., FAILED TO MAKE AVAILABLE ANY TESTS RESULTS TO THE WICHITA FSDO.