# Incident 20070428008489I: Cessna 421B, Chicago/Romeov, IL, April 28, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2007, 20:00 local time
- Place: Chicago/Romeov, IL
- Airport: Lewis University Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6081° N, 88.0964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEWIS UNIVERSITY (LOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6081&lon=-88.0964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421RB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421RB-2007-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520C
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070428008489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FOLLOWING A NORMAL APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 27 AT THE LEWIS AIRPORT IN ROMEOVILLE, IL (KLOT). MIDWAY THROUGH THE LANDING ROLLOUT AND AFTER INITIAL BRAKE APPLICATION, THE LEFT BRAKE PEDAL LOST PRESSURE AND WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO PUMP THE PEDAL WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT DIRECTION WITH FULL LEFT RUDDER AND RIGHT BRAKE APPLICATION. AS THE AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE RIGHT DUE TO RIGHT BRAKE APPLICATION, THE PILOT WOULD RELEASE THE BRAKE ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT NOSE STEERING TO RETURN THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RUNWAY CENTER. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY AT A LOW ENOUGH SPEED TO ALLOW THE MAIN GEAR TO REMAIN ON THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE SOFT GROUND BEYOND THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND COLLAPSED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

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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