# Incident 20040416005649I: Stbros SD330, Kansas City, MO, April 16, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2004, 05:40 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DATA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N334AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N334AC-2018-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Short Bros. & Harland SD3-30 (registry code 8100602, https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-harland-sd3-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STBROS SD330
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040416005649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE CAPTAIN STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING A 180 DEGREE LEFT TURN FROM PARKING. THE STEERING TILLER WAS FULL THROW FOR A LEFT TURN AND THE AIRCRAFT NEEDED TO TURN TIGHTER WHICH NECESSITATED THE USE OF DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO APPLY BRAKES THE CAPTAIN REALIZED THE BRAKES HAD FAILED. HE COULD NOT MAKE THE ENTIRE 180 DEGREE TURN NOR COULD HE STOP THE AIRCRAFT. THE SECOND OFFICER STATED HE WAS TRYING TO ASSIST THE CAPTAIN WITH BRAKING AND HE HAD NO BRAKES EITHER. THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT (N334AC) STRUCK THE RIGHT VERTICAL STABILIZER OF AIRCRAFT N336MV. WITH THIS REPORT INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ IS CONSIDERED CLOSED. SYSTEM FAILURE.

## Other reports on N334AC (1)

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

- [Accident 20170505012399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170505012399A), May 5, 2017: Short Bros. & Harland SD3-30 (N334AC), Charleston, WV, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On may 5, 2017 at 6:51 a.m. eastern daylight time (EDT), air cargo carriers flight 1260, a shorts SD3-30, N334AC, crashed during landing on runway 5 at the…

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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