# Incident 20061121024769I: Amrgen AA5B, Burbank, CA, November 21, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2006, 13:50 local time
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Airport: Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1901° N, 118.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burbank, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-118.3264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45253, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45253) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gulfstream American AA-5B (registry code 3970106, https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-american-aa-5b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061121024769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE LEFT BRAKE WAS NOT FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. DUE TO THE LEFT BRAKE PROBLEM, HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO MERCURY FBO. TAXIING BACK THE PILOT KEPT POWER APPLIED TO THE ENGINE TO DEEP THE AIRCRAFT STRAIGHT USING THE TORQUE FROM THE ENGINE TO HELP STEER TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT BRAKE TO STEER TO THE RIGHT. ONCE BACK ON MERCURY'S RAMP THE PILOT CUT THE POWER TO THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN LOST THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN A STRAIGHT PATH. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT HEADING FOR AN SR-22 PARKED ON THE RAMP. HOPING TO AVOID HITTING THE SR-22 HEAD ON ,THE PILOT THEN APPLIED FULL RIGHT BRAKE THINKING THE AIRCRAFT WOULD DO A 180 DEGREE TURN. THE AIRCRAFT, HOWEVER, STEERED JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE SR-22, BOTH AIRPLANES MAKING CONTACT WITH THEIR LEFT WING. THE AIRCRAFT HAD A LEFT BRAKE PROBLEM DURING THE SUMMER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS WAS THE AIRCRAFT'S FIRST FLIGHT AFTER AN ANNUAL INSPECTION. DEPARTED PALO ALTO LANDED AT BURBANK AND THEN WAS TO DEPART BACK TO PALO ALTO.

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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