# Incident 20240402002079I: Rockwell International 690B, Beckley, WV, April 2, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2024, 15:05 local time
- Place: Beckley, WV
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: TJ6J
- Location: 37.7732° N, 81.1615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beckley, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7732&lon=-81.1615&mi=10
- Aircraft: N420LW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N420LW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 690B (registry code 7630516, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-690b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL 690B
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 500 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240402002079I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT WAS ACTING PIC RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONAL TRAINING WHILE IN VFR FLIGHT, SIMULATING A NO HYDRALIC APPROACH LANDING.   THE STUDENT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TOUCH DOWN ROLLOUT AND ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE RIGHT BRAKE CONTROL UNSUCCESFULLY TO GET BRAKING TO ACTUATE, AT WHICH POINT THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED BRAKES IN ATTEMPT TO CONTROL ACFT ROLL, CONSEQUENTLY THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 28 LEFT SIDE COMING TO REST WITH MAIN TIRES APPROXIMATELY SIX FEET FROM RUNWAY SURFACE.

POST INCIDENT: AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY A&P AFTER REMOVED FROM RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT WAS CLEANED AND INSPECTED ALL THREE LANDING GEARS AFTER MINOR RUNWAY EXCURSION AND FOUND NO DEFECTS. GROUND RUN, TAXIED, TURNED, AND BRAKED AT MULTIPLE SPEEDS AND DIRECTIONS, WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTICED.  AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND TO BE AIRWORTHY AND APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.   BOTH PILOTS STATE THAT THERE WAS NOT BRAKE AVAIABL.

COUNSLEING: EA-09 FLIGHT STANDARDS OFFICE (FSDO) OPERATIONS INSPECTOR WILL CONTACT CFI AND CONDUCT COUNSELING FOR THIS INCIDENT EVENT.

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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