# Accident 20030818021129A: Beech 400A, St Augustine, FL, August 18, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2003, 07:15 local time
- Place: St Augustine, FL
- Airport: St Augustine
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: AKGR
- Location: 29.9597° N, 81.3406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9597&lon=-81.3406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51NP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 400A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,700 total, 90 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030818021129A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PIC REPORTED A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AT 105 KNOTS JUST PRIOR TO V1 DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT LEAVING THE RUNWAY AT THE APPROACH END OF SJG RWY 13. THE PIC FURTHER REPORTED THAT THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL BRAKE WAS LOCKED AND WOULD NOT RELEASE, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO CONTINUE VEERING LEFT AND COULD NOT BE OVERCOME USING OPPOSITE RUDDER AND THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL BRAKE. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE RUNWAY BY THE FAA INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 2000' OF SKID MARKS FROM THE LEFT MAIN TIRE. THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER WAS REMOVED AND SENT TO THE NTSB LAB IN WASHINGTON DC FOR DISSEMINATION OF CREW ACTIONS AND CONVERSATIONS PRIOR TO, DURING, AND AFTER THE ACCIDENT. NO SYSTEM TEST HAVE BEEN PERFORMED ON THE AIRCRAFT BY FAA OR NTSB TO DATE 08-21-03. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA03LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA163), Aug 18, 2003: Beech 400A (N51NP), St. Augustine, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent left brake application by the copilot during the takeoff roll and the delay by the pilot-in-command to abort the takeoff resulting in a loss of directional control, and on-ground…

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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