# Incident 20170924019869I: Aero Vodochody L39C, Rockford, IL, September 24, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2017, 15:18 local time
- Place: Rockford, IL
- Airport: Chicago Rockford Int'L Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1954° N, 89.0972° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO/ROCKFORD INTL (RFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1954&lon=-89.0972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72BT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AERO VODOCHODY L39C
- Reported engine: IVCHENKO AL-25SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,680 total, 15 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170924019869I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2017, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF N72BT, AN AERO VODOCHODY L39C, WAS ACCOMPLISHING PATTERN WORK AT CHICAGO ROCKFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KRFD).  DURING ROLLOUT ON THE FULL STOP LANDING ON RWY 19, THE PIC DISCOVERED THE LOSS OF WHEEL BRAKE PRESSURE, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS ADEQUATE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE IN THE SYSTEM.  THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO RECYCLE THE BRAKES TO REGAIN PRESSURE WITHOUT SUCCESS.  THE PIC THEN SWITCHED TO THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM AND REGAINED BRAKE PRESSURE.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET INTO THE OVERRUN OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PIC WAS ABLE TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE HANGAR UNDER HIS OWN POWER AND WITH NORMAL BRAKE PRESSURE.

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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