# Incident 20010209002579I: Cessna 414, Rchmond/Ashland, VA, February 9, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2001, 07:20 local time
- Place: Rchmond/Ashland, VA
- Airport: Hanover County Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7089° N, 77.4366° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HANOVER COUNTY MUNI (OFP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7089&lon=-77.4366&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8139Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8139Q-2017-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010209002579I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## Other reports on N8139Q (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000530032979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000530032979I), May 30, 2000: Cessna 414 (N8139Q), Rchmond/Ashland, VA, Minor damage. (-23)On climb out from ofp, pilot had fire in right engine. Pilot shut down engine, feathered propeller, and returned to ofp. Aircraft landed without incident…
- [Incident 19940201008929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940201008929I), Feb 1, 1994: Cessna 414 (N8139Q), Yuma, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot reported feeling a bump on landing. Damage was discovered on the props and right main gear. [privacy data omitted] No airport reported damage.…

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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