# Incident 20040705014499I: Bnorm BN2A26, Kailua-Kona, HI, July 5, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2004, 08:00 local time
- Place: Kailua-Kona, HI
- Airport: Keahole Airport
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MK9A
- Location: 19.6452° N, 155.9979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kailua, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.6452&lon=-155.9979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32MR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BNORM BN2A26
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4C5
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,140 total, 48 in this make and model, 208 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040705014499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS TAXIING THE AIRPLANE FOR TAKEOFF ON A SIGHTSEEING TOUR. HE NOTICED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STARTING TO SMOKE. THE AIRPLANE WAS STOPPED AND PASSENGERS REMOVED. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR INBOARD BRAKE WAS LEAKING HDY. FLUID ON THE BRAKE ROTOR. THE FLUID LEAKING ON THE ROTOR STARTED THE SMOKE. THERE WAS NO FIRE. THE PILOT AFTER EVACUATING THE PASSENGER ASSISTED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSESSING ANY FURTHER DAMAGE. CORRECTIVE ACTION: MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPAIRED THE BRAKE CALIPER WITH A NEW "O" PACKING. NO FURTHER LEAKS NOTED.

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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