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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · M Albery RV-9A · Melbourne, FL · April 6, 2023

Date: April 6, 2023 · 17:00 local
Place: Melbourne, FL
Airport: Melbourne Orlando International
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N189RV
Reported as: M Albery RV-9A
Reported engine: Lycoming O-360-A1A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 18,500 total

N189RVRegistered now · M Albery RV-9AS/N 90492 · Built 2008 Airframe modelM Albery RV-9A Engine modelLycoming O-360-A1A4 cycle

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What happened

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

The aircraft departed Melbourne, Florida airport for lakeland, Florida airport and landed with no braking issues earlier in the day. The aircraft later departed lakeland for Melbourne. During landing at Melbourne, Florida airport on runway 9L at 1700 hours, the pilot noticed there was no brake pressure in the left brake. The pilot landed and could not turn left, due to lack of brake pressure. The pilot was able to turn right on the next taxiway and the aircraft slowed off the taxiway onto the grass with no damage to the aircraft. The runway excursion was caused by no brake pressure in the braking system. The pilot reported no injuries. The aircraft was towed to a maintenance facility. Maintenance determined the o-ring in the left brake assembly failed causing the hydraulic fluid to leak out of the braking system. The o-ring failure led to no brake pressure in the left side brake causing the incident. The o-ring was replaced and the aircraft has been returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MELBOURNE, FLORIDA AIRPORT FOR LAKELAND, FLORIDA AIRPORT AND LANDED WITH NO BRAKING ISSUES EARLIER IN THE DAY. THE AIRCRAFT LATER DEPARTED LAKELAND FOR MELBOURNE. DURING LANDING AT MELBOURNE, FLORIDA AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 9L AT 1700 HOURS, THE PILOT NOTICED THERE WAS NO BRAKE PRESSURE IN THE LEFT BRAKE. THE PILOT LANDED AND COULD NOT TURN LEFT, DUE TO LACK OF BRAKE PRESSURE. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO TURN RIGHT ON THE NEXT TAXIWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED OFF THE TAXIWAY ONTO THE GRASS WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE RUNWAY EXCURSION WAS CAUSED BY NO BRAKE PRESSURE IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A MAINTENANCE FACILITY. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THE O-RING IN THE LEFT BRAKE ASSEMBLY FAILED CAUSING THE HYDRAULIC FLUID TO LEAK OUT OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE O-RING FAILURE LED TO NO BRAKE PRESSURE IN THE LEFT SIDE BRAKE CAUSING THE INCIDENT. THE O-RING WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE.