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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 560XL · Las Vegas, NV · June 8, 2016

Date
June 8, 2016 · 09:00 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
Las
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CVGA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N503QF
Reported as
Cessna 560XL
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545 series
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

According to both mechanics statement, the flight crew that flew the aircraft into Las had advised constant aviation that the aircraft had as anti-skid and a hydraulic pump cycling problem that needed to be addressed by maintenance personnel. The maintenance personnel conducted a walk around then started the auxiliary power unit. This was when they observed a "low brake pressure/anti-skid" warning light that was flckering. They cycled the circuit breaker and started both engines but could not get the indication light to extinguish. They both checked the pedals several times and stated they had good pedal pressure and thought the light was related to the anti-skid problem and decided to taxi relocate the aircraft. After the mechanic advanced the throttles and once the aircraft was moving performed a brake check and realized he had no brake pressure and was unable to stop. He attempted to steer the aircraft to the right but the other mechanic was already applying brake pedal which concealed out his ability to sterr the aircraft. The aircraft hit two ford F350 vans.

As the FAA filed it

ACCORDING TO BOTH MECHANICS STATEMENT, THE FLIGHT CREW THAT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT INTO LAS HAD ADVISED CONSTANT AVIATION THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD AS ANTI-SKID AND A HYDRAULIC PUMP CYCLING PROBLEM THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL. THE MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL CONDUCTED A WALK AROUND THEN STARTED THE AUXILIARY POWER UNIT. THIS WAS WHEN THEY OBSERVED A "LOW BRAKE PRESSURE/ANTI-SKID" WARNING LIGHT THAT WAS FLCKERING. THEY CYCLED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND STARTED BOTH ENGINES BUT COULD NOT GET THE INDICATION LIGHT TO EXTINGUISH. THEY BOTH CHECKED THE PEDALS SEVERAL TIMES AND STATED THEY HAD GOOD PEDAL PRESSURE AND THOUGHT THE LIGHT WAS RELATED TO THE ANTI-SKID PROBLEM AND DECIDED TO TAXI RELOCATE THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER THE MECHANIC ADVANCED THE THROTTLES AND ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING PERFORMED A BRAKE CHECK AND REALIZED HE HAD NO BRAKE PRESSURE AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP. HE ATTEMPTED TO STEER THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT BUT THE OTHER MECHANIC WAS ALREADY APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL WHICH CONCEALED OUT HIS ABILITY TO STERR THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT HIT TWO FORD F350 VANS.