# Accident 20080308836489A: Stuart, FL, March 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2008, 09:30 local time
- Place: Stuart, FL
- Airport: Witham Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1756° N, 80.2192° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1756&lon=-80.2192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N400GG (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08CA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080308836489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N400GG BEGAN TAXI ON NON-MOVEMENT AREA, GALAXY RAMP. AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO RUNWAY 30 AND AS AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING A RIGHT 90 DEGREE TURN, A GUST OF WIND CAME FROM THE LEFT SIDE. AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO TURN HARD LEFT AND STRIKE N1935B ON THE WING AFTER BRAKES FAILED. ON MARCH 6, 2008, CO-PILOT UPDATED CHART INFORMATION IN AIRCRAFT SYSTEM. HE PULLED BRAKE CIRCUIT BREAKER TO KEEP BRAKE HYDRAULIC MOTOR FROM CONTINUOUSLY CYCLING. CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS NOT RESTORED TO NORMAL CONDITION AFTER CHART UPDATE COMPLETED. ON MARCH 8, 1008 AS AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TAXI, THERE WAS A STRONG GUSTY WIND FROM LEFT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT. NORMAL BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE WHEN APPLIED AND EMERGENCY BRAKES WERE NOT USED. AIRCRAFT FERRIED TO CESSNA/CITATION SERVICE CENTER TO EVALUATE INTERNAL DAMAGE TO WING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA08CA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA074), Mar 8, 2008: Cessna 525B (N400GG), Stuart, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew's failure to reset the brakes circuit breaker resulting in a loss of brakes during taxi and an on ground collision with an unoccupied parked airplane.

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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