# Incident 20140422004929I: Vulcanair Spa P68 TC OBSERVER, Santa Fe, NM, April 22, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2014, 13:33 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NG0M
- Location: 35.6171° N, 106.0894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA FE RGNL (SAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6171&lon=-106.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91GF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91GF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Vulcanair P68 TC OBSERVER (registry code 6780128, https://openairdocs.org/model/vulcanair-p68-tc-observer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TO-360-C1A6D (registry code 42017, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-to-360-c1a6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VULCANAIR SPA P68 TC OBSERVER
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TO-360-C1A6D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140422004929I

## Narrative

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

TEST FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED AFTER MAINTENANCE (WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENT).  PILOT HAD CONCERN WITH ELEVATOR SYSTEM FEEL AND ABORTED 1ST TAKEOFF ATTEMPT HEATING UP BRAKING SYSTEM.  ELEVATOR SYSTEM WAS CHECKED AND TAKEOFF ATTEMPTED AGAIN.  TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED A SECOND TIME WHEN PROBLEM WAS FELT AGAIN.  ON SECOND ABORT BRAKES HEATED TO THE POINT OF CALIPER O-RING FAILURE ALLOWING BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK ONTO HOT BRAKES CAUSING EXCESSIVE SMOKE BUT NO CONFIRMED FIRE.

ELEVATOR SYSTEM WAS EXAMINED IN DETAIL AND A WIRE BUNDLE BELOW THE WINDSHIELD WAS CONFIRMED AS CAUSING CABLE INTERFERENCE.  WIRE BUNDLE REROUTED, BRAKES REPAIRED AND SUBSEQUENT TEST FLIGHT VERIFIED NORMAL SYSTEM OPERATION.

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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