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FAA incident report · Rockwell International 685 · January 30, 2014

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Date
January 30, 2014 · 16:15 local
Airport
Reid-Hillview
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N685TT
Reported as
Rockwell International 685
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO-520-C
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
5,900 total34 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days
N685TTRegistration cancelled May 31, 2018 · Rockwell International 685S/N 12043 · Built 1973Airframe modelRockwell International 685Engine modelContinental GTSIO-520-CReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot stated that on 1/30/2014, he was landing N685TT at Reid-Hillview Airport. The aircraft was on downwind to runway 31R, the pilot completed the landing checks and verified all of the systems were in the green. The annunciator panel and master warning and caution light were all dark. The approach and landing were normal. After touchdown the pilot attempted to apply the brakes and realized there was no braking action whatsoever. The pilot asked the right seat passenger (a licensed pilot) to apply the brakes, to no effect. The pilot advised the tower he had no brakes and would be rolling long. He attempted to turn the aircraft but the nose steering was inoperative. He applied full left rudder to keep the aircraft on airport property. The aircraft went partway thru the perimeter fence and came to a stop. After exiting the aircraft the pilot discovered hydraulic fluid pouring out of the left engine nacelle. No fluid was visible on the left horizontal stabilizer which indicates the hydraulic system failed at or near touchdown. The pilot stated that he inspected the engine area and could not determine the origin of the hydraulic fulid leak.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THAT ON 1/30/2014, HE WAS LANDING N685TT AT REID-HILLVIEW AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 31R, THE PILOT COMPLETED THE LANDING CHECKS AND VERIFIED ALL OF THE SYSTEMS WERE IN THE GREEN. THE ANNUNCIATOR PANEL AND MASTER WARNING AND CAUTION LIGHT WERE ALL DARK. THE APPROACH AND LANDING WERE NORMAL. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND REALIZED THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION WHATSOEVER. THE PILOT ASKED THE RIGHT SEAT PASSENGER (A LICENSED PILOT) TO APPLY THE BRAKES, TO NO EFFECT. THE PILOT ADVISED THE TOWER HE HAD NO BRAKES AND WOULD BE ROLLING LONG. HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT BUT THE NOSE STEERING WAS INOPERATIVE. HE APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON AIRPORT PROPERTY. THE AIRCRAFT WENT PARTWAY THRU THE PERIMETER FENCE AND CAME TO A STOP. AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT DISCOVERED HYDRAULIC FLUID POURING OUT OF THE LEFT ENGINE NACELLE. NO FLUID WAS VISIBLE ON THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WHICH INDICATES THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILED AT OR NEAR TOUCHDOWN. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE INSPECTED THE ENGINE AREA AND COULD NOT DETERMINE THE ORIGIN OF THE HYDRAULIC FULID LEAK.