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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Richard E Harpster XLFG · Lakeland, FL · March 27, 2023

Date
March 27, 2023 · 13:50 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N585V
Reported as
Richard E Harpster Xlfg
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540-EXP
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total

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.

Aircraft landed safely, while taxiing the aircraft brakes overheated and the brake line ruptured causing brake fluid to leak on hot brakes. A small fire occured and was extinguished by pilot, aircraft towedto ramp.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY, WHILE TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT BRAKES OVERHEATED AND THE BRAKE LINE RUPTURED CAUSING BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK ON HOT BRAKES. A SMALL FIRE OCCURED AND WAS EXTINGUISHED BY PILOT, AIRCRAFT TOWEDTO RAMP.