# Incident 20020311006559I: Cessna 182F, Santa Monica, CA, March 11, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2002, 12:20 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3410U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3410U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182F (registry code 2072714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 192 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020311006559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT OF N3410U, A CESSNA 182F DEPARTED FROM THE AIRPLANES PARKING SPACE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH EAST SIDE OF SANTA MONICA AIRPORT (SMO) AND TAXIED TO THE RUN-UP AREA FOR RUNWAY 21. THE PILOT INDICATED HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH THE BRAKES DURING TAXI. ONCE AT THE RUN-UP AREA (AIRCRAFT FACING WEST), THE PILOT TESTED THE BRAKES AND STILL FELT THEY WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE AIRCRAFT'S PARKING SPACE. AS THE PILOT APPLIED POWER AND STARTED TURNING SOUTH TOWARDS THE PARKING AREA, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND COLLIDED WITH TWO PARKED AIRCRAFT, A CESSNA 150 AND A CESSNA 172. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE COLLISION.

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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