# Incident 20191010023409I: Monro Andrew SR3500 MOOSE, Wellsboro, PA, October 10, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2019, 12:00 local time
- Place: Wellsboro, PA
- Airport: Wellsboro Johnston
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7455° N, 77.3037° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wellsboro, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7455&lon=-77.3037&mi=10
- Aircraft: N708AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N708AM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Monro Andrew SR3500 MOOSE (registry code 056285R, https://openairdocs.org/model/monro-andrew-sr3500-moose) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Aeromotors M-14PFXDK (registry code 00500, https://openairdocs.org/engine/aeromotors-m-14pfxdk) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MONRO ANDREW SR3500 MOOSE
- Reported engine: AEROMOTORS M-14PFXDK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 16,675 total, 45 in this make and model, 147 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191010023409I

## Narrative

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

ON 10-10-19 AT APPROX. 1200 LOCAL, N708AM, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT AIRCRAFT, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING LANDING ROLLOUT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.   DAMAGED AREAS INCLUDED THE RH FIBERGLASS WINGTIP, RH ELEVATOR BALANCE HORN, LANDING GEAR AND SKIN NEAR THE AFT DOOR.  INTERNAL EXAMINATION OF THE WING AND FUSELAGE DID NOT REVEAL ANY ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.  REVIEWED DAMAGE WITH AW INSPECTOR ASSIGNED TO INCIDENT.   DUE TO THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE AND FACT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS AND E-AB NOT SUBJECT TO PART 43 THIS QUALIFIED AS AN INCIDENT ONLY.  PILOT REPORTED THAT A WIND GUST CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SWERVE AND WHEN FULL RUDDER DEFLECTION FAILED TO STOP THE SWERVE HE APPLIED RH BRAKE PRESSURE.  HE REPORTED THE BRAKE WAS NOT OPERATIONAL, AND THE SWERVE CONTINUED UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE GRASS SOUTH OF RUNWAY 28 AT THE WELLSBORO JOHNSTON AIRPORT.  EXAMINATION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS INCONCLUSIVE, AS THE CALIPER AND ASSOCIATED BRAKE LINES HAD BEEN BADLY DAMAGED.  THE BRAKE CALIPERS, PADS, ROTORS, HOSES AND LINES APPEARED TO BE NEW CONDITION GROVE AIRCRAFT PARTS.  THE PILOT USED THE MURPHY AIRFRAME PARTS KIT MASTER CYLINDERS, WHICH HE STATES WERE OF LESSER QUALITY THAN THE GROVE BRAKE COMPONENTS HE INSTALLED IN OTHER AREAS.  HE STATES THAT OTHER BUILDERS HAVE EXPERIENCED BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH THE INSTALLED MASTER CYLINDERS.  HE WILL BE REPLACING THESE COMPONENTS AS HE REPAIRS THE MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  AIRCRAFT PAPERWORK, INCLUDING AIRWORTHINESS, REGISTRATION, OPERATING HANDBOOK WITH LIMITATIONS AND WEIGHT AND BALANCE, AND E-AB PAPERWORK WAS IN ORDER AND COMPLETE.  PILOT DOCUMENTS WERE COMPLETE, LAST CURRENCY EVENT WAS A 293, 297, 299 CHECK FOR PILOTS EMPLOYER 2 WEEKS EARLIER.  GAVE PILOT CA COUNSELING AND RECORDED AS A COMMENT IN PTRS.  THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE.

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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