# Incident 20180520006929I: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De EMB-500, Chesterfield, MO, May 20, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2018, 15:05 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N876JC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N876JC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De EMB-500 (registry code 3260402, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-empresa-brasileira-de-emb-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW617F-E (registry code 52293, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw617f-e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER-EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE EMB-500
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW617F-E
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,363 total, 434 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180520006929I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO KSUS, THE PILOT NOTED A "BRK FAIL" WARNING LIGHT WHILE LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT NOTIFIED ATC AND ELECTED TO CHANGE HIS APPROACH AND LANDING TO THE LONGEST RUNWAY WITH A LANDING HEADWIND COMPONENT, RWY 08R.

AFTER LANDING THE PILOT APPLIED THE PHENOM 100 EMERGENCY BRAKES IN ACCORD WITH THE PUBLISHED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. THE PILOT THEN ELECTED TO CLEAR THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND TAXIIED TO THE AIRPLANE'S HANGAR ON THE AIRPORT WHILE CONTINUING TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM.

NOTE: THE AFM STATES THE AIRCRAFT IS LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF 6 APPLICATIONS OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM.

WHILE TAXIING ON THE AIRPLANE'S HOME HANGAR APRON THE PILOT NOTED 1500 PSI PRESSURE STILL INDICATED IN THE AIRPLANE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND ELECTED TO MAKE A TAXIING 180 DEGREE TURN TO FACILITATE UNLOADING THE AIRPLANE.

AFTER COMPLETING THE TURN, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE AIRPLANE WITH ANOTHER APPLICATION OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKES BUT WAS UNABLE TO ARREST THE FORWARD MOTION OF THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE ROLLED FORWARD UNTIL CONTACTING A PARKED SUV RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO BOTH THE AIRPLANE AND SUV.

THE COLLISION WITH THE SUV CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE RADOME AND SOME DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING. DUE TO THE COLLISION VEHICLE OBSTRUCTING THE OPERATION OF THE PASSENGER DOOR, THE PASSENGERS AND PILOT WERE FORCED TO EXIT THE AIRPLANE THROUGH THE OVER-WING EMERGENCY EXIT.

## Other reports on N876JC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20120226003799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120226003799I), Feb 26, 2012: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De EMB-500 (N876JC), Jacksonville, FL, No damage. The airplane landed on a wet runway and was unable to stop on the available length and went off the end of the runway. There was no damage to the airplane and…

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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