What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) During taxi to runway 16 for departure, privacy data omitted attempted to st op to conduct a runup. The left brake was only slightly effective and the right brake was completely ineffective. privacy data omitted Had the front right seat passenger try his brakes, with no effect. The aircraft left the pavement and came to rest with the nose wheel and main landing gear in a ditch. The pilot and 5 passengers exited the aircraft. There were no injuries. The left main tire left approx. 80 feet of tire mark on the pavement and approx. 30 feet of skid mark in the dirt. The right main tire left no skid mark on the pavement. Tire tread marks were visible in the dirt, indicating that the right main tire was turning. The impact collapsed the nose gear, the nose wheel well was buckled and skin torn, the underside of the right wing showed signs of wrinkling between the main landing gear and the fuselage and the right wing center section was also wrinkled. The brake disc did not show excessive wear, the lining material was sufficient. The brake cylinder did show evidence of a leak. The landing gear came to rest in mud. Cleaning the mud from the landing gear removed evidence of leak.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) DURING TAXI TO RUNWAY 16 FOR DEPARTURE, ^PRIVACY DA^ ATTEMPTED TO ST OP TO CONDUCT A RUNUP. THE LEFT BRAKE WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY EFFECTIVE AND THE RIGHT BRAKE WAS COMPLETELY INEFFECTIVE. ^PRIVACY DA^ HAD THE FRONT RIGHT SEAT PASSENGER TRY HIS BRAKES, WITH NO EFFECT. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE PAVEMENT AND CAME TO REST WITH THE NOSE WHEEL AND MAIN LANDING GEAR IN A DITCH.THE PILOT AND 5 PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE LEFT MAIN TIRE LEFT APPROX. 80 FEET OF TIRE MARK ON THE PAVEMENT AND APPROX. 30 FEET OF SKID MARK IN THE DIRT. THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE LEFT NO SKID MARK ON THE PAVEMENT. TIRE TREAD MARKS WERE VISIBLE IN THE DIRT, INDICATING THAT THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE WAS TURNING. THE IMPACT COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR, THE NOSE WHEEL WELL WAS BUCKLED AND SKIN TORN, THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RIGHT WING SHOWED SIGNS OF WRINKLING BETWEEN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND THE FUSELAGE AND THE RIGHT WING CENTER SECTION WAS ALSO WRINKLED. THE BRAKE DISC DID NOT SHOW EXCESSIVE WEAR, THE LINING MATERIAL WAS SUFFICIENT. THE BRAKE CYLINDER DID SHOW EVIDENCE OF A LEAK. THE LANDING GEAR CAME TO REST IN MUD. CLEANING THE MUD FROM THE LANDING GEAR REMOVED EVIDENCE OF LEAK.
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