# Incident 20020816026279I: Cessna 340A, Vero Beach, FL, August 16, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2002, 10:00 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6556° N, 80.4180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERO BEACH RGNL (VRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6556&lon=-80.4180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68695, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68695-2009-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,322 total, 340 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020816026279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT BRAKES WORKED PROPERLY UNTIL FINAL STAGE OF TAXI, JUST BEFORE TAKE OFF. THE RIGHT BRAKE FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED INTO THE GRASS AND STOPPED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE HANGER.

## Other reports on N68695 (1)

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

- [Incident 20050606012349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050606012349I), Jun 6, 2005: Cessna 340A (N68695), St Augustine, FL, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot taxied off the pavement onto the grass and got stuck and hit his prop on a taxi light. The area was a non-movement area. He had mentioned that…

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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