# Landing gear brakes system - Type: NTSB finding subsection - Path: [Aircraft](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01) › [Aircraft systems](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/0102) › [Landing gear system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/010232) › Landing gear brakes system - NTSB code: 01023240 - Cases: 92 - In the probable cause: 86 - Fatal cases: 0 - All cases: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023240/cases.md - Cases with it in the probable cause: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023240/cases.md?cause=1 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023240 ## Cases per year (in the probable cause / all) - 2008: 12 / 12 - 2009: 6 / 6 - 2010: 6 / 7 - 2011: 8 / 8 - 2012: 6 / 7 - 2013: 8 / 8 - 2014: 2 / 2 - 2015: 4 / 4 - 2016: 1 / 1 - 2017: 1 / 1 - 2018: 8 / 8 - 2019: 1 / 1 - 2020: 1 / 1 - 2021: 8 / 8 - 2022: 4 / 5 - 2023: 4 / 5 - 2024: 2 / 3 - 2025: 4 / 5 ## Defining events in these cases - [Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330): 28 cases - [Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230): 25 cases - [Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096): 20 cases - [Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300): 5 cases - [Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380): 3 cases - [Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150): 3 cases - [Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900): 2 cases - [Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200): 2 cases - [Flight instrument malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/334): 1 cases - [Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240): 1 cases ## Aircraft models (registry) - [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150): 3 cases - [Piper PA-12](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12): 3 cases - [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180): 3 cases - [Luscombe 8E](https://openairdocs.org/model/luscombe-8e): 2 cases - [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150): 2 cases - [Piper PA-18-135](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135): 2 cases - [Cessna 140A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140a): 2 cases - [Stinson 108-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-2): 1 cases - [Stinson SR-8B](https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-sr-8b): 1 cases - [Siai-Marchetti SM 1019](https://openairdocs.org/model/siai-marchetti-sm-1019): 1 cases ## Other findings in the same cases - [Directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020) (Aircraft): 21 cases - [Aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040) (Personnel issues): 17 cases - [Use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015) (Personnel issues): 14 cases - [Incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015) (Personnel issues): 14 cases - [Decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520) (Personnel issues): 8 cases - [Not determined, general](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000) (Not determined): 5 cases - [Surface speed/braking](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045) (Aircraft): 5 cases - [Scheduled/routine maintenance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062010) (Personnel issues): 4 cases - [Hydraulic fluid](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01071015) (Aircraft): 4 cases - [Brake](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023242) (Aircraft): 4 cases ## Newest cases - [NTSB ERA26LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA058), Nov 26, 2025: Huebbe Tom MAX TH (N48TH), Inverness Highlands South, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control on takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the aircraft design that did not incorporate differential braking. - [NTSB WPR25LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA226), Jul 27, 2025: Cessna 182L (N42725), Tucson Estates, AZ, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s inability to stop the airplane on the runway during a rejected takeoff for undetermined reasons, which resulted in the airplane’s impact with a ditch. - [NTSB ANC25LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA089), Jul 14, 2025: Piper PA-12 (N2638M), Egegik, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s excessive use of brakes during landing roll, which resulted in a nose-over. - [NTSB ANC25LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA062), Jul 2, 2025: Champion 7ECA (N5169X), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s excessive use of brakes during landing roll, which resulted in a nose-over. - [NTSB ERA25LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA223), Jun 7, 2025: Piper PA22 (N6804B), Hebron, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane owner and pilot’s intentional allowance of unapproved maintenance and maintenance personnel’s failure to adequately maintain or service the brake system, which resulted in a total loss… - [NTSB WPR25LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA012), Oct 1, 2024: Maule M-5-235C (N5636D), Soda Springs, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The passenger’s inadvertent application of brakes during landing which resulted in a nose over. - [NTSB WPR24LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA192), May 19, 2024: SIAI Marchetti SM. 1019 (N992BB), Twin Bridges, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The binding of the parking brake cable, which resulted in un-commanded brake application during the landing roll and subsequent nose over. - [NTSB CEN24LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA082), Jan 4, 2024: Cessna 172N (N3477E), Middleton, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll. - [NTSB ERA24LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA019), Oct 25, 2023: Cessna 150 (N7981E), Atlanta, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate remedial action and the student pilot’s failure to relinquish the flight controls as directed by the flight instructor, resulting in a loss of control and nose over. - [NTSB ANC23LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC23LA052), Jul 12, 2023: Dehavilland DHC-2 (N814DW), McCarthy, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of the right brake caliper bolts during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and subsequent impact with terrain. NTSB has coded findings and defining events since 2008; earlier cases used its older occurrence and cause codes and aren't counted. Findings: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings.md. Defining events: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events.md. Phases of flight: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases.md. Every investigation, filtered by finding, event, phase, state, year or model: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb.md (for example ?state=MI&fatal=1). NTSB's definitions: Accident and incident, 49 CFR 830.2 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-VIII/part-830/subpart-A/section-830.2), CICTT occurrence categories (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/OccurrenceCategoryDefinitions.pdf), CICTT phases of flight (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Documents/datafiles/PhaseofFlightDefinitions.pdf), and NTSB coding manual, before 2008 (PDF) (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). NTSB publishes no definitions for its findings, only their names. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.