- Date
- November 1, 1982, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N711GDBeech B90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821101057379A
- Case key
- 73075
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 was on a flight to deliver the aircraft for routine maintenance. He stated that he lost right braking action as he was approaching the maintenance hanger. He attempted to maintain directional control with propeller reversing, but the left wing hit the corner of the hanger. The aircraft then pivoted into the hanger and struck a parked Beech 58P, N5408P. An examination revealed that the hydraulic reservoir had only 1/2 inch of fluid. After the reservoir was serviced, the right shuttle valve was found to be leaking. The o-ring seal connecting the pilots right brake peddle to the shuttle valve was found unseated, allowing fluid passage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711GD
- Reported as
- Beech B90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LT-330
- Airframe hours
- 4,412
- Engine
- P & W PT6A-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Eugene B. Miller
- Registered owner
- Air Transport, Inc.
- Departed
- Columbus, OH
- Destination
- Winston-Salem, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- INT · Smith-Reynolds, runway 33, 6,655 × 150 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
- 62
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 20,600 total · 600 in this make and model · 70 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
- Observed at
- INT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.