# Incident 20231012016149I: Bellanca 7KCAB, Oxford, CT, October 12, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2023, 12:25 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury-Oxford Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88281, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88281) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 7KCAB (registry code 1220701, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-7kcab) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 7KCAB
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 562 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231012016149I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/12/2023 AT 12:25 THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN LEFT CLOSED TRAFFIC AND REPORTED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. AS PER PILOTS STATEMENT HE ADJUSTED THE FLIGHT PATH AND FUEL MIXTURE WITH NO EFFECT NOTED ON THE ENGINES PERFORMANCE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 AND CONTINUED ROLLOUT TO REDUCE SPEED AND HAD PASSED THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAY G WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND CROSSED THE GRASS TO THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY AND CAME TO A STOP. THE PILOT REQUESTED A TOW TO THE RAMP. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES THE LEFT BRAKE DID NOTHING, AND THE RIGHT BRAKE ENGAGED AND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT INTO THE GRASS. POST INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND THAT THERE WAS A PROPELLER STRIKE WITH ONE OF THE PROPELLER TIP CORNERS BENT OVER. THE LEFT SIDE FLEXIBLE BRAKE LINE AT THE CALIPER WAS WET AND BRAKE FLUID WAS ON THE INBOARD SIDE OF THE TIRE. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE MECHANIC, THE AIRCRAFT STILL CONTAINED FUEL WITH NO WATER CONTAMINATION NOTED.

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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