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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Grumman TBM-3E · Carson City, NV · August 27, 2018

Date: August 27, 2018 · 11:30 local
Place: Carson City, NV
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3969A
Reported as: Grumman TBM-3E
Reported engine: WRIGHT R-2600-20
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 27,600 total2 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

N3969ARegistered now · Grumman TBM-3ES/N 53787 · Built 1945 Airframe modelGrumman TBM-3E Engine modelWright R-2600-20Reciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot stated after take off he smelled and was sprayed with hydraulic fluid and noticed hydraulic pressure was down to 900LBS. He made a wide traffic pattern and attempted to lower the flaps without success. The pilot stated he landed fast and was able to exit the runway. During taxi the brakes failed and the aircraft entered a drainage ditch then the pilot shut off the two magnetos then the two lower propeller blades contacted the embankment causing a slight rewards deflection.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED AFTER TAKE OFF HE SMELLED AND WAS SPRAYED WITH HYDRAULIC FLUID AND NOTICED HYDRAULIC PRESSURE WAS DOWN TO 900LBS. HE MADE A WIDE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE FLAPS WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE PILOT STATED HE LANDED FAST AND WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE RUNWAY. DURING TAXI THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A DRAINAGE DITCH THEN THE PILOT SHUT OFF THE TWO MAGNETOS THEN THE TWO LOWER PROPELLER BLADES CONTACTED THE EMBANKMENT CAUSING A SLIGHT REWARDS DEFLECTION.