20210517009819I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Mesa, AZ · May 17, 2021

Date
May 17, 2021 · 20:00 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Falcon Field Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N421NL
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental GTSI0-520-F-K
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Right main brake failed during touch down/rollout.

Contacted pilot/operator by phone. Incident occurred on 05/17/2021 at 8PM/20:00. According to pilot. He and his son were flying back from mer to ffz. During landing / roll-out the right main gear brake malfunctioned (brake failure). While trying to slow aircraft down during landing operations, the pilot manipulated flight controls in an attempt to slow aircraft down along with the using the left main gear brake. The aircraft went off the runway collapsing the nose gear and causing damage to both engines and propellers.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT MAIN BRAKE FAILED DURING TOUCH DOWN/ROLLOUT.

CONTACTED PILOT/OPERATOR BY PHONE. INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 05/17/2021 AT 8PM/20:00. ACCORDING TO PILOT. HE AND HIS SON WERE FLYING BACK FROM MER TO FFZ. DURING LANDING / ROLL-OUT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR BRAKE MALFUNCTIONED (BRAKE FAILURE). WHILE TRYING TO SLOW AIRCRAFT DOWN DURING LANDING OPERATIONS, THE PILOT MANIPULATED FLIGHT CONTROLS IN AN ATTEMPT TO SLOW AIRCRAFT DOWN ALONG WITH THE USING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR BRAKE. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH ENGINES AND PROPELLERS.