- Date
- May 2, 1993, 21:30 local (May 3, 1993, 05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chugiak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82231Piper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19930502011569A
- Case key
- 5872
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Probable cause
The failure of the right brake due to improper installation of the brake line. Factors were the pilot's improper in flight planning/decision by not checking the brakes prior to landing, and the berm.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After touchdown on the gravel runway, the pilot applied brakes and found the right brake inoperative. The airplane veered off the left side of the runway and collided with a berm. The pilot said he did not check the brakes prior to landing. Post accident examination found that most of the hydraulic brake fluid had drained out of the right brake system from an improperly flared line at the right brake assembly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82231
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7907076
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Mayeur, Clint
- Registered owner
- Vrem, Tracy J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1993 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- DLG · Dillingham, AK
- Airport
- Z15 · Birchwood, runway 1, 2,500 × 50 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,100 total · 300 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 14 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.