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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr LONG-EZ · Anchorage, AK · August 28, 2006

Date
August 28, 2006 · 16:50 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Merrill Field Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N27LZ
Reported as
Amtr Longez
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,300 total2 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

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 stated that while conducting a maintenance high speed taxi run on his long-ez homebuilt aircraft, N27LZ, the right brake caliper failed causing the aircraft to leave the runway to the left. The aircraft was at approximately forty (40) knots when the incident occurred. The aircraft proceeded across the grass area between the runway and the taxiway then into a parking area where the long-ez came in contact with a parked Cessna 150, registration number N46326. There was damage to the left wing of the long-ez and the vertical tail assembly of the Cessna 150. Weather and runway conditions were not a factor in the incident. Air traffic control was not a factor in the incident. It appears this incident was caused by a malfunction of an aircraft part. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE CONDUCTING A MAINTENANCE HIGH SPEED TAXI RUN ON HIS LONG-EZ HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT, N27LZ, THE RIGHT BRAKE CALIPER FAILED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO LEAVE THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT APPROXIMATELY FORTY (40) KNOTS WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED ACROSS THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXIWAY THEN INTO A PARKING AREA WHERE THE LONG-EZ CAME IN CONTACT WITH A PARKED CESSNA 150, REGISTRATION NUMBER N46326. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING OF THE LONG-EZ AND THE VERTICAL TAIL ASSEMBLY OF THE CESSNA 150. WEATHER AND RUNWAY CONDITIONS WERE NOT A FACTOR IN THE INCIDENT. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THE INCIDENT. IT APPEARS THIS INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY A MALFUNCTION OF AN AIRCRAFT PART. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^