- Date
- October 22, 1989, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cumming, GA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N96804Cessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891022045069A
- Case key
- 8169
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Probable cause
A lack of fluid in the brake system and an inadequate annual inspection.
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
Following an extended period of maintenance & an annual inspection, the pilot flew the airplane from the maintenance airfield. He said that the engine was accelerated to full power on the rwy while the brakes were held. An en route stop was made to discharge passengers. During landing, the brake pressure decreased to nearly zero. The airplane ran off the rwy end & nosed over. Later examination of the airplane revealed a lack of fluid in the brake system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96804
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266857
- Airframe hours
- 1,483
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sam S. Singer
- Registered owner
- Yamamah Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 11, 1989 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Rome, GA
- Destination
- 84A · Cumming, GA
- Airport
- 84A · Mathis, runway 21, 1,550 × 20 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,200 total · 700 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.