# Incident 20230707010339I: Aero Vodochody L39C, La Grande, OR, July 7, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2023, 16:05 local time
- Place: La Grande, OR
- Airport: La Grande/Union County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2891° N, 118.0061° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LA GRANDE/UNION COUNTY (LGD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2891&lon=-118.0061&mi=10
- Aircraft: N139RM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N139RM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Vodochody L39C (registry code 05620RN, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l39c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO VODOCHODY L39C
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 17,858 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230707010339I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING LA GRANDE, OR. AIRPORT. DURING LANDING ROLLOUT PILOT EXPERIENCED A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HYDRAULIC FAILURE. PILOT RETURNED TO AIRPORT. ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO BRAKES AND THERFORE NO STEERING (DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING FOR STEERING). THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE END OF RUNWAY WENT THROUGH A DITCH, THROUGH A FENCE AND CAME TO REST AT A ROAD INTERECTION. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO INCLUDE SCRATCHES ON THE WINDSHIELD, SMALL DENT ON RIGHT HAND WING LEADING EDGE AND DAMAGE TO NOSE WHEEL LANDING GEAR DOOR.

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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