- Date
- September 10, 1989, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Screven, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82705Aeronca 7AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890910034429A
- Case key
- 8065
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Probable cause
Failure of maintenance personnel to correct right brake adjustment problems during brake repairs which led to a failure of the right brake, and the pilot's delay in taking remedial action to correct the veering initiated by the brake failure.
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 plt landed on a rural road, due to unsuitable terrain conditions on the sod field where he had intended to land. During the ldg, the airplane veered off the left side of the road into a dtich. The plt reported that during the rollout, the rt brake began to fail and the airplane began to veer slowly to the left. The plt stated that he attempted to correct the veering by releasing the left brake and applying right rudder/tailwheel steering. The airplane continued to veer left, however, and rolled into the ditch. The plt attributed the rt brake failure to brake adjustment problems; he indicated that the rt brake had a history of adjustment problems compared to the lt brake, and required periodic adjustment. The plt did not report finding any obvious mechanical failures during his post-crash examination of the airplane. According to airplane maintenance records, the cable-operated brake system was repaired during the last annual inspection, about 4 months earlier.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82705
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7AC-1351
- Airframe hours
- 3,670
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James A. Purvis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 1989 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- AMG · Alma, GA
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 153 total · 85 in this make and model · 113 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AMG, 25 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.