- Date
- March 25, 1982, 14:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Ridgeland, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3707NBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820325005899A
- Case key
- 72389
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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
The pilot stated that during landing, the left brake was inoperative. When he realized the problem, there was insufficient runway remaining to stop or go-around. At the end of the runway was a deep drop-off. Therefore the pilot used the right brake, and subsequently, the plane departed the right side of the runway. The right gear separated in soft terrain as the plane entered a depression beside the runway. An examination revealed the left brake master cylinder was wet with hydraulic fluid. The cylinder, paramount model VI-15-750-3, was disassembled. An inspection of the master cylinder piston shaft revealed several compression indentations. The indentations were located in such a manner as to permit fluid leakage and introduction of air into the cylinder. The cause of the indentations was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3707N
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TJ320
- Airframe hours
- 242
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-WB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gapway Groves, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Gapway Groves, Inc.
- Departed
- GIF · Winter Haven, FL
- Destination
- CRW · Buckhannon, WV
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 3J1 · Ridgeland Municipal, runway 21, 3,100 × 70 ft, asphalt
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,280 total · 28 in this make and model · 26 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Observed at
- SAV, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3707N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.