# Incident 20170327003189I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Sanford, FL, March 27, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2017, 15:45 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Orlando-Sanford International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N609DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N609DA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 372 total, 139 in this make and model, 139 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170327003189I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SANFORD, FL (SFB) AFTER REPORTING A HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURE AND LANDED SAFELY. AIRCRAFT WAS GIVEN TAXI INSTRUCTIONS AND CRASH RESCUE FOLLOWED AIRCRAFT BACK DOWN TAXIWAY. STUDENT INFORMED INSTRUCTOR PILOT AFTER TURNING ONTO TAXIWAY CHARLIE THAT HE HAD NO RIGHT BRAKE PRESSURE AND COULD NOT MAINTAIN CENTERLINE REFERENCE ON TAXIWAY. INSRTUCTOR PILOT STATED HE ALSO HAD NO RIGHT BRAKE PRESSURE AND AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE GRASS AND COLLIDED WITH A DIRECTIONAL SIGN ON TAXIWAY CHARLIE. AFTER IMPACT WITH SIGN THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND AFTER ASSESMENT OF AIRCRAFT, BRAKE AND LANDING GEAR AIRCRAFT WAS REPOSITIONED TO HANGAR FOR FURTHER REPAIR ASSESMENT. AIRCRAFT BRAKE SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE WORKING PROPERLY.

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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