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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Naval N3N-3 · Okeechobee, FL · February 26, 2005

Date: February 26, 2005 · 13:45 local
Place: Okeechobee, FL
Airport: Okeechobee County Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N72792
Reported as: Naval N3N3
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,500 total250 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N72792Registered now · Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3S/N 2792 Airframe modelNaval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) After landing and during the roll-out on runway 5 at Okeechobee airport, the right front brake locked on this Naval aircraft factory N-3N-3. Attempted corrective action by the pilot could not halt the right turning tendency caused by the locked wheel. As the airplane slowed, it subsequently nosed-over and flipped onto its back. Minor damages were noted to the vertical stabilizer, rudder, and propeller blades. The skid marks on the runway were consistent with the account of this incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER LANDING AND DURING THE ROLL-OUT ON RUNWAY 5 AT OKEECHOBEE AIRPORT, THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LOCKED ON THIS NAVAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY N-3N-3. ATTEMPTED CORRECTIVE ACTION BY THE PILOT COULD NOT HALT THE RIGHT TURNING TENDENCY CAUSED BY THE LOCKED WHEEL. AS THE AIRPLANE SLOWED, IT SUBSEQUENTLY NOSED-OVER AND FLIPPED ONTO ITS BACK. MINOR DAMAGES WERE NOTED TO THE VERTICAL STABILIZER, RUDDER, AND PROPELLER BLADES. THE SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY WERE CONSISTENT WITH THE ACCOUNT OF THIS INCIDENT.