# Incident 20190516004749I: Cessna 414, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 16, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2019, 15:00 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N414TN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N414TN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-NB (registry code 17265, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-nb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520-NB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,430 total, 950 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190516004749I

## Narrative

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

1.  DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT:  AIRPLANE WAS BEING TAXIED FROM HANGER TO RUNWAY 09.  WHILE ON TAXI WAY "B" TO TAXI WAY "E" THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE AIRPLANE TURNED HARD TO THE RIGHT AND WENT INTO THE GRASS LEAVING TAXI WAY "B" AT INTERSECTION "E & B"

2.  CAUSAL/CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: THE LEFT BRAKE PEDAL WENT SOFT AND TO THE FLOOR. THE PILOT RIGHT BRAKE WAS STILL WORKING AND THE PLANE MADE A HARD RIGHT TURN AND WENT OFF THE TAXIWAY.

BIENNIAL TRANSPONDER AND PITOT STATIC SYSTEM CHECK IS THREE MONTHS OVER DUE.

3.  ATC: NO FACTOR (HAD ISSUED TAXI INSTRUCTIONS ONLY)

4.  RECOMMENDATIONS:  PERFORM A BETTER PREFLIGHT INSPECTION TO DETECT EVIDENCE OF LEAKING BRAKE CALIPER.

5.  ACTIONS TAKEN TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND PREVENT REOCCURRENCE:  PREFLIGHT THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND KNOW HOW MUCH FLUID IS ONBOARD PRIOR TO TAXI.

ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION: ORAL COUNSELING WAS GIVEN TO THE PILOT REGARDING A CLOSER LOOK ON PREFLIGHT ITEMS AND RECORDS.  ADVISED PILOT NOT TO DEPEND ON THE MECHANIC TO POINT OUT DUE DATE ITEMS SUCH AS PITOT STATIC CHECKS AND TRANSPONDER BIENNIAL CERTIFICATIONS.  (THERE WERE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE PITOT STATIC CHECK).

6.  PTRS RECORD ID NUMBER: SO19201911378

7.  COMMENTS:  ON PREFLIGHT PAY CLOSER ATTENTION TO THE EVIDENCE OF THE MAIN BRAKE LEAKING BRAKE FLUID, ENSURE THE SYSTEM IS FULLY SERVICED PRIOR TO ANY TAXI.

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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