39.0639° N, 108.5506° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Junction, CO, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 20, 2003 · 12:45 local
Place
Grand Junction, CO
Airport
Walker Field
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N912SM
Reported as
Beech 200BEECH
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
18,000 total10 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Aircraft was being taxied for takeoff, left main brake was noted as being weak, pilot was instructed by ATC to expedite and when brakes were applied to slow the aircraft the left main brake failed completely, aircraft veered off the right side of the runway between runway lights, no damage or injuries.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS BEING TAXIED FOR TAKEOFF, LEFT MAIN BRAKE WAS NOTED AS BEING WEAK, PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED BY ATC TO EXPEDITE AND WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT THE LEFT MAIN BRAKE FAILED COMPLETELY, AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY BETWEEN RUNWAY LIGHTS, NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES.