- Date
- June 12, 1993, 08:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Haines, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N909CCPZL Warzawa-Okecie PZL-104 Wilga 80
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19930612029139A
- Case key
- 2321
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Probable cause
The parking brake failure due to a broken bracket; intentionally leaving the airplane unattended with the engine running by the pilot-in-command; and the improper planning and decision of the pilot-in-command by not using wheel chocks.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the pilot, one side of the bracket that holds the parking brake handle in the on position broke and partly released the brakes. The airplane taxied away while the pilot was putting a compressed air tank in his truck. The airplane struck a parked airplane before the pilot stopped the taxiing airplane with a rope. He was not using wheel chocks.
Factual narrative
On June 12, 1993, at 0830 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Wilga 80 airplane, N909CC, registered to David Meyers of Memphis, TN, and operated by the Pilot-in-Command, slipped from its parking brake and ran into a parked Cessna 170 airplane, N2599C, registered to Ron Smith of Haines, Alaska. The business flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91 for the purpose of fish guiding, was departing Haines, and the destination was Excursion Inlet, Alaska. The Private certificated Pilot-in-Command was not in the cockpit and was not injured. The airplane was not damaged, however, N2599C, received substantial damage.
According to the Pilot-in-Command, the engine on the Wilga uses a compressed air start system and he had to use an external compressed air source. He used a dive tank and after starting the airplane he exited the cockpit and disconnected the external compressed air source. He was loading the dive tank into his pickup when the airplane began moving.
According to the Pilot, the parking brake is a handle attached to a cable and the handle is pulled out and placed on a bracket to hold the parking brake on. One side of the bracket broke and allowed the cable to retract and release the brakes.
The airplane struck a parked airplane before the Pilot was able to catch and stop the airplane with a rope. The Pilot stated he was not using wheel chocks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N909CC
- Reported as
- PZL Warzawa-Okecie PZL-104 Wilga 80 (PZL-104 WI)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CFI9850831
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, unknown
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Martin, Ronald L.
- Registered owner
- Meyer, David
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- Excursion Inlet, AK
- Airport
- HNS · Haines
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.