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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr LANCAIR 360 · Princeton/Rocky, NJ · May 9, 2007

Date: May 9, 2007 · 10:30 local
Place: Princeton/Rocky, NJ
Airport: Princeton Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N360ZR
Reported as: Amtr LANCAIR360
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360B1B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 537 total41 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

N360ZRRegistered now · Argente Ricardo LANCAIR 360S/N 749320591FB · Built 1999 Airframe modelArgente Ricardo LANCAIR 360 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) Pilot landed on runway 28 with a harder than normal landing. Pilot decided to go around. The second landing on runway 28 was normal and on the centerline. Pilot applied brakes, the right MLG brake failed causing the aircraft to turn left approximately 45 degrees. Pilot pumped the right brake twice and the brake applied. Aircraft departed the runway. Minor damage caused to the right wing leading edge when aircraft struck a runway side marker light. Aircraft continued on and came to rest in soft ground resulting in a prop strike. Pilot was not aware that during the harder than normal landing, the right MLG brake came in contact with the runway. The bleeder and a portion of the brake caliper housing was ground off by the runway surface. Clearance between the bleeder and the ground is approximately one inch when parked.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 28 WITH A HARDER THAN NORMAL LANDING. PILOT DECIDED TO GO AROUND. THE SECOND LANDING ON RUNWAY 28 WAS NORMAL AND ON THE CENTERLINE. PILOT APPLIED BRAKES, THE RIGHT MLG BRAKE FAILED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN LEFT APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES. PILOT PUMPED THE RIGHT BRAKE TWICE AND THE BRAKE APPLIED. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. MINOR DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE WHEN AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY SIDE MARKER LIGHT. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON AND CAME TO REST IN SOFT GROUND RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE. PILOT WAS NOT AWARE THAT DURING THE HARDER THAN NORMAL LANDING, THE RIGHT MLG BRAKE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE BLEEDER AND A PORTION OF THE BRAKE CALIPER HOUSING WAS GROUND OFF BY THE RUNWAY SURFACE. CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE BLEEDER AND THE GROUND IS APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH WHEN PARKED.