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Incident

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Redding, CA · May 24, 2006

Date
May 24, 2006 · 19:16 local
Place
Redding, CA
Airport
Redding Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N93747
Reported as
Blanca 1730A
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
950 total

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) The pilot privacy data omitted ^ reported practicing full stop landings at red bluff, California (rbl). On one of the landings, the pilot privacy data omitted ^ said the brakes felt "funny". The pilot privacy data omitted ^ said she inspected the brakes and observed a slight amount of fluid dripping from the right brake. The pilot privacy data omitted ^ said she taxied the aircraft and tested the brakes and found them to work normally. The pilot privacy data omitted ^ departed rbl and returned to Redding, California (rdd) where, upon landing, she experienced a brake system anomaly and departed the runway. There was no damage to either the aircraft or the airport property and the pilot privacy data omitted ^ received no injuries. Investigation showed that the brakes, although worn at the caliper attach points, worked. The dripping field the pilot privacy data omitted ^ saw appeared to be from the right strut and not the right brake caliper. According to the aircraft maintenance records, the aircraft annual inspection was last performed on 4/27/2005. At the time the pilot privacy data omitted ^ was operating N93747 on 5/24/2006, the aircraft was past due the annual inspection required by 14 CFR 91.409.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ REPORTED PRACTICING FULL STOP LANDINGS AT RED BLUFF, CALIFORNIA (RBL). ON ONE OF THE LANDINGS, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ SAID THE BRAKES FELT "FUNNY". THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ SAID SHE INSPECTED THE BRAKES AND OBSERVED A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF FLUID DRIPPING FROM THE RIGHT BRAKE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ SAID SHE TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT AND TESTED THE BRAKES AND FOUND THEM TO WORK NORMALLY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ DEPARTED RBL AND RETURNED TO REDDING, CALIFORNIA (RDD) WHERE, UPON LANDING, SHE EXPERIENCED A BRAKE SYSTEM ANOMALY AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO EITHER THE AIRCRAFT OR THE AIRPORT PROPERTY AND THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ RECEIVED NO INJURIES. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE BRAKES, ALTHOUGH WORN AT THE CALIPER ATTACH POINTS, WORKED. THE DRIPPING FIELD THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ SAW APPEARED TO BE FROM THE RIGHT STRUT AND NOT THE RIGHT BRAKE CALIPER. ACCORDING TO THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS, THE AIRCRAFT ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS LAST PERFORMED ON 4/27/2005. AT THE TIME THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ WAS OPERATING N93747 ON 5/24/2006, THE AIRCRAFT WAS PAST DUE THE ANNUAL INSPECTION REQUIRED BY 14 CFR 91.409.

Other reports on N93747 · 3

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