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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421B · Council Bluffs, IA · August 16, 2016

Date
August 16, 2016 · 16:45 local
Place
Council Bluffs, IA
Airport
Council Bluffs Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
PHKA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N208V
Reported as
Cessna 421B
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO-520-C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total123 in this make and model42 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.

During taxi to the ramp area at cbf, the pilot attempted a left turn to the normal parking spot on the ramp. The left brake on the aircraft failed which prevented the pilot from completing the turn. The pilot could not prevent the aircraft right wing tip fuel tank from striking a heavy steel post on the front of the terminal building. The tip tank received crush damage to the forward end. Post incident inspection of the aircraft did not reveal any structural damage or any external evidence of brake fluid leakage. The brake master cylinder had an internal leak due to a bad oring which bypassed brake fluid internally.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAXI TO THE RAMP AREA AT CBF, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LEFT TURN TO THE NORMAL PARKING SPOT ON THE RAMP. THE LEFT BRAKE ON THE AIRCRAFT FAILED WHICH PREVENTED THE PILOT FROM COMPLETING THE TURN. THE PILOT COULD NOT PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING TIP FUEL TANK FROM STRIKING A HEAVY STEEL POST ON THE FRONT OF THE TERMINAL BUILDING. THE TIP TANK RECEIVED CRUSH DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD END. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT REVEAL ANY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OR ANY EXTERNAL EVIDENCE OF BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE. THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER HAD AN INTERNAL LEAK DUE TO A BAD ORING WHICH BYPASSED BRAKE FLUID INTERNALLY.