What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Following this investigation, I did not identify any regulatory violations or pilot proficiency issues as causal factors that contributed to this accident. Per NTSB request, a maintenance inspector, operators mechanic, and myself looked at the aircraft to verify the parking brake handle issue the pilot had questioned' the parking brake handle had some binding when you tried to pull and/or reset the handle. When the parking brake was set and you twisted to release the handle, the handle would not reset all the way in, therefore not releasing all the presure. We verified with a similar make/model aircraft and found that the parking brake handle pulled/reset normally with no noticable binding. Both left and right brake appeared locked after touchdown with correlated tire wear. Gave reqested informaton to NTSB for their investigation.
As the FAA filed it
FOLLOWING THIS INVESTIGATION, I DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY REGULATORY VIOLATIONS OR PILOT PROFICIENCY ISSUES AS CAUSAL FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ACCIDENT. PER NTSB REQUEST, A MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR, OPERATORS MECHANIC, AND MYSELF LOOKED AT THE AIRCRAFT TO VERIFY THE PARKING BRAKE HANDLE ISSUE THE PILOT HAD QUESTIONED' THE PARKING BRAKE HANDLE HAD SOME BINDING WHEN YOU TRIED TO PULL AND/OR RESET THE HANDLE. WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE WAS SET AND YOU TWISTED TO RELEASE THE HANDLE, THE HANDLE WOULD NOT RESET ALL THE WAY IN, THEREFORE NOT RELEASING ALL THE PRESURE. WE VERIFIED WITH A SIMILAR MAKE/MODEL AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THAT THE PARKING BRAKE HANDLE PULLED/RESET NORMALLY WITH NO NOTICABLE BINDING. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT BRAKE APPEARED LOCKED AFTER TOUCHDOWN WITH CORRELATED TIRE WEAR. GAVE REQESTED INFORMATON TO NTSB FOR THEIR INVESTIGATION.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.