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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA227-AC · Denver, CO · August 5, 2008

Date
August 5, 2008 · 20:28 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Denver International
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
KY7A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N787C
Reported as
Swrngn SA227AC
Reported engine
Garrett TPE331*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total1,000 in this make and model100 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) Left brake system #2 piston seal failed causing hydraulic leak onto hot brake disc, causing fire and smoke on left wheel on taxi. Incident occurred in front of kden airport fire house on taxiway. Flames quite promptly extinguished by fire fighters. Aircraft towed to ramp.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) LEFT BRAKE SYSTEM #2 PISTON SEAL FAILED CAUSING HYDRAULIC LEAK ONTO HOT BRAKE DISC, CAUSING FIRE AND SMOKE ON LEFT WHEEL ON TAXI. INCIDENT OCCURRED IN FRONT OF KDEN AIRPORT FIRE HOUSE ON TAXIWAY. FLAMES QUITE PROMPTLY EXTINGUISHED BY FIRE FIGHTERS. AIRCRAFT TOWED TO RAMP.