# Incident 20180827015359I: Grumman TBM-3E, Carson City, NV, August 27, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2018, 11:30 local time
- Place: Carson City, NV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1638° N, 119.7674° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carson City, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1638&lon=-119.7674&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3969A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3969A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman TBM-3E (registry code 3950310, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-tbm-3e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-2600-20 (registry code 67123, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-2600-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN TBM-3E
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R-2600-20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 27,600 total, 2 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180827015359I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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