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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Saberliner 65 · Las Vegas, NV · July 6, 2013

Date
July 6, 2013 · 17:44 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Mccarran International
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
XBRSC
Reported as
Saberliner 65
Reported engine
GARRET TFE-731-3R-1D
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, unknown or foreign certificate
Pilot’s flight hours
7,400 total2,100 in this make and model75 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.

This aircraft departed brownsville, TX at 5:30 pm on 7/6/2012 for Las Vegas. Xbrsc is a mexican part 91 being operated by the owner.

On approach to Las Vegas, the flight crew noticed the main hydraulic pressure was decreasing. The pump was then selected to off.

The pilot asked the first officer to run the emergency checklist for hydraulic failure.

The pilot stated that after completing the checklist he knew they would not have any brakes. He decided to continue with the rest of the procedure for landing. At landing he started using thrust reversers and then stowed them around 50 knots.

The pilot did not advise ATC of any emergency.

At around 40 knots he started using the emergency brake as he exited the runway to the taxiway. At that moment he realized he did not have any braking action and no control over the direction of the aircraft.

The aircraft landed rwy 25L, crossed rwy 25R between txwy A6 and A7, crossed txwy b and veered right into a flood water detention basin between txwy b/z/w/g.

The aircraft sustained damage to the left wing leading edge into the main spar when it struck a gravel screening aparatus. The right wing tip was damaged by impact with a mound of dirt. The nose gear was sheared off. The left side of the fuselage was damaged forward of the cockpit.

No injuries were reported by any of the four passengers or two flight crew.

As the FAA filed it

THIS AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BROWNSVILLE, TX AT 5:30 PM ON 7/6/2012 FOR LAS VEGAS. XBRSC IS A MEXICAN PART 91 BEING OPERATED BY THE OWNER.

ON APPROACH TO LAS VEGAS, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED THE MAIN HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WAS DECREASING. THE PUMP WAS THEN SELECTED TO OFF.

THE PILOT ASKED THE FIRST OFFICER TO RUN THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST FOR HYDRAULIC FAILURE.

THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER COMPLETING THE CHECKLIST HE KNEW THEY WOULD NOT HAVE ANY BRAKES. HE DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITH THE REST OF THE PROCEDURE FOR LANDING. AT LANDING HE STARTED USING THRUST REVERSERS AND THEN STOWED THEM AROUND 50 KNOTS.

THE PILOT DID NOT ADVISE ATC OF ANY EMERGENCY.

AT AROUND 40 KNOTS HE STARTED USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AS HE EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE TAXIWAY. AT THAT MOMENT HE REALIZED HE DID NOT HAVE ANY BRAKING ACTION AND NO CONTROL OVER THE DIRECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED RWY 25L, CROSSED RWY 25R BETWEEN TXWY A6 AND A7, CROSSED TXWY B AND VEERED RIGHT INTO A FLOOD WATER DETENTION BASIN BETWEEN TXWY B/Z/W/G.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE INTO THE MAIN SPAR WHEN IT STRUCK A GRAVEL SCREENING APARATUS. THE RIGHT WING TIP WAS DAMAGED BY IMPACT WITH A MOUND OF DIRT. THE NOSE GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE WAS DAMAGED FORWARD OF THE COCKPIT.

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY ANY OF THE FOUR PASSENGERS OR TWO FLIGHT CREW.