# Incident 20250708007449I: Eclipse Aviation Corp EA500, Nashville, TN, July 8, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2025, 12:54 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: John C Tune
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SWUJ
- Location: 36.1830° N, 86.8865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN C TUNE (JWN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1830&lon=-86.8865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54KJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54KJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eclipse EA500 (registry code 3350000, https://openairdocs.org/model/eclipse-ea500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F-A (registry code 52267, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw610f-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ECLIPSE AVIATION CORP EA500
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW610F-A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250708007449I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A LEFT HAND WHEEL BRAKE FAILURE ON ROLLOUT AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 20 AT KJWN. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES, AT WHICH TIME HE REALIZED THAT THE LEFT BRAKE PEDAL WAS INEFFECTIVE. HE STABILIZED THE ROLLOUT AND LET THE AIRCRAFT COAST AND SLOW AS HE APPROACHED THE OPPOSITE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. AFTER DETERMINING HE HAD SLOWED SUFFICIENTLY, HE STEERED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT, INTO THE GRASS, ENDING UP APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY 2 THRESHOLD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE, AND THE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUSBSEQUENTLY RECOVERED LATER THAT DAY AND TOWED TO THE RAMP.

UPON INTERVIEWING THE PILOT, HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT ISSUES WITH THE LEFT HAND WHEEL BRAKE, AND NUMEROUS PARTS IN THE SYSTEM HAD BEEN REPLACED, TO NO EFFECT.

THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER THE INCIDENT, A MECHANIC FAMILIAR WITH THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS DISPATCHED TO BLEED THE LEFT HAND WHEEL BRAKE. UPON BLEEDING THE BRAKES, THE FAA IIC AUDIBLY OBSERVED AIR ESCAPING THE SERVICING CAP, INDICATING AIR IN THE BRAKE LINES. THE SYSTEM BLEED WAS COMPLETED, OPERATIONAL CHECK COMPLETED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AT THAT TIME. A REVIEW OF MAINTENANCE RECORDS CONFIRMS THAT PARTS HAD BEEN REPLACED, AND MULTIPLE BRAKE SERVICING EVENTS HAD BEEN COMPLETED IN THE RECENT PAST.

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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