# Incident 20000529017529I: Yaklev YAK52, Mesa, AZ, May 29, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2000, 10:00 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208YA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N208YA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Yakovlev YAK 52 (registry code 9830220, https://openairdocs.org/model/yakovlev-yak-52) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Vedeneyev M14P (registry code 63601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/vedeneyev-m14p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: YAKLEV YAK52
- Reported engine: VEDENY M14P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,294 total, 260 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000529017529I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT/OWNER MOVED HIS A/C OUT OF "T" HANGER, STARTED THE ENGINE AND BEGAN TAXING FOR APPROX 75FT. WHEN APPLIED THE R/H MAIN WHL BRAKE WITHOUT RESULTS IN ORDER TO MAKE A R/H TURN.  THE YAK-52 PROCEEDED STRAIGHT AHEAD.  APPLICATION OF L/H MAIN WHL BRAKE DID NOT WORK EITHER.  PILOT SHUT MAGNETOS "OFF".  THE YAK-52 COASTED FIRST INTO A CESSNA 320 SHEARING OFF THE CESSNA 320 L/H TIP TANK FUEL DRAIN WITH IT'S L/H WING, OUTBD PORTION L/E.  THE YAK-52 CONTINUED IN AN STRAIGHT LINE A BIT FURTHER, THEN STRIKING A STEEL VERTICAL SUPPORT WITH IT'S L/H WING L/E AND THEN INTO A PARKED BEECH A-35'S PROP AND A CESSNA 210 BEFORE COMING TO REST.  ALL DAMAGE IS OF A MINOR CATEGORY TO ALL A/C INVOLED.  THE YAK-52 ENGINE WAS NOT ROTATING WHEN IT ENCOUNTERED THE BEECH A-35 ANF THE CESSNA 210.  THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES AND NO FIRE FO ANY KIND.  CAUSEOR BRAKE FAILURE (COMPONENT P/N) WILL BE SUBMITTED ON AN M&D REPORT FORM WHEN DETERMINED.

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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