# Incident 20030716016929I: Cessna 414, Rchmond/Ashland, VA, July 16, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2003, 06:09 local time
- Place: Rchmond/Ashland, VA
- Airport: Hanover County Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: V2NA
- 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: N1674T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,552 total, 22 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030716016929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 16, 2003, N1674T, A CESSNA 414, PILOTED BY BENJAMIN BELL WAS TAXIING FOR TAKE-OFF AT HANOVER COUNTY AIRPORT FOR A VFR, 14 CFR, PART 91 REPOSITIONING FLIGHT. AS MR. BELL APPROACHED THE END OF THE TAXIWAY HE APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN THE AIRCRAFT. AS THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE RIGHT BRAKE WAS UNRESPONSIVE, AND THE LEFT BRAKE LOCKED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SKID APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET OFF THE TAXIWAY INTO A CONCRETE CULVERT. AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE TAXIWAY THE PILOT PULLED THE MIXTURE TO LEAN TO STOP THE ENGINES. AS THE NOSE WHEEL HIT THE CULVERT THE NOSE GEAR STRUT WAS BROKEN CAUSING BOTH PROPELLERS TO IMPACT THE GROUND. MR. BELL STATED THAT HE TRIED THE BRAKES AS HE DEPARTED FROM THE CHOCKS AND THEY WERE FUNCTIONAL. AFTER THE INCIDENT THE RIGHT HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR WAS FOUND TO BE VERY LOW ON FLUID WITH NO VISIBLE LEAKAGE IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM.

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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