# Incident 20160816014499I: Cessna 421B, Council Bluffs, IA, August 16, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2016, 16:45 local time
- Place: Council Bluffs, IA
- Airport: Council Bluffs Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PHKA
- Location: 41.2601° N, 95.7586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COUNCIL BLUFFS MUNI (CBF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2601&lon=-95.7586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N208V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 123 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160816014499I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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