- Date
- September 13, 1986, 12:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place
- Bessemer, AL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3105LCessna 310J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860913044949A
- Case key
- 7192
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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
While taxiing for takeoff the plt attempting to taxi between two rows of parked acft. He used the left brake to maneuver the acft between the rows and could not stop the turn by using the right brake. The acft continued in the turn and struck a parked Cessna 172. Inspection revealed that there was no fluid in the right brake system and there was a crack in the brake line.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3105L
- Reported as
- Cessna 310J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31000105
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Euclid A. Isbell, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 2A3 · Bessemer
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 691 total · 206 in this make and model · 600 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.