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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 400BEECH · Monterey, CA · October 17, 2003

Date: October 17, 2003 · 17:18 local
Place: Monterey, CA
Airport: Monterey Peninsula
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: AWQA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N913MC
Reported as: Beech 400BEECH
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,000 total585 in this make and model63 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Upon landing at mry, ground spoilers and normal braking failed. Brake function was found to be operative after anti-skid turned off. Aircraft came to a stop with both tires flat due to over braking without anti-skid functioning. Investigation found prior maintenance performed on landing gear, and the struts had been over serviced with nitrogen. The weight on wheel switch did not make on touch down due to the out of limit pressure in the struts, which caused the brakes and spoilers to not activate. A separate investigation has been initiated to determine the cause of the improper servicing of the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) UPON LANDING AT MRY, GROUND SPOILERS AND NORMAL BRAKING FAILED. BRAKE FUNCTION WAS FOUND TO BE OPERATIVE AFTER ANTI-SKID TURNED OFF. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP WITH BOTH TIRES FLAT DUE TO OVER BRAKING WITHOUT ANTI-SKID FUNCTIONING. INVESTIGATION FOUND PRIOR MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON LANDING GEAR, AND THE STRUTS HAD BEEN OVER SERVICED WITH NITROGEN. THE WEIGHT ON WHEEL SWITCH DID NOT MAKE ON TOUCH DOWN DUE TO THE OUT OF LIMIT PRESSURE IN THE STRUTS, WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKES AND SPOILERS TO NOT ACTIVATE. A SEPARATE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN INITIATED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE IMPROPER SERVICING OF THE LANDING GEAR.