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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Chabal Joseph RV-8A · Shelbyville, IN · May 17, 2012

Date
May 17, 2012 · 17:20 local
Place
Shelbyville, IN
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N827C
Reported as
Chabal Joseph RV-8A
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
575 total76 in this make and model6 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.

While the pilot was conducting taxi operations to assess aircraft electrical systems, the pilot was unable to maintain aircraft directional control due to brake system failure. The aircraft departed the taxiway and struck and damaged a steel fuel pump housing on the kgez parking ramp.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING TAXI OPERATIONS TO ASSESS AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DUE TO BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE TAXIWAY AND STRUCK AND DAMAGED A STEEL FUEL PUMP HOUSING ON THE KGEZ PARKING RAMP.