# Incident 20100910045259I: Embraer-Emp EMB-500, Brenham, TX, September 10, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2010, 12:30 local time
- Place: Brenham, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2183° N, 96.3711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2183&lon=-96.3711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N226CP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER-EMP EMB-500
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW617F-E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 52 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10IA535](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10IA535) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100910045259I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED UPON TOUCH DOWN THERE WAS NO BRAKES.  PILOT ALLOWED OWNER, WHO IS A COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT TO APPLY EMERGENCY BRAKES.  AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SKID, PILOT TOLD OWNER TO RELEASE EMERGENCY SYSTEM, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM WOULD NOT RELEASE.  AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF RUNWAY AND RIGHT HAND GEAR COLLAPSED.  MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## 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 CEN10IA535](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10IA535), Sep 10, 2010: Embraer 500 (N226CP), Brenham, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilots’ decision to depart with a known failed brake control unit.

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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