- Date
- March 9, 1990, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Albany, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N96143North American T-6 G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900309003829A
- Case key
- 8216
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Probable cause
A locked brake which prevented the pilot from maintaining directional control during the landing roll. The brake material expanded after becoming water soaked while taxiing.
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 attempting a full stop landing, the pilot lost directional control when the left brake assembly locked at touchdown. The airplane ground looped and veered off the right side of the runway. The pilot reported experiencing a locked left brake which prevented him from regaining directional control. The pilot contended after some research that the pool of water which he taxiied through while taxiing for takeoff from greenwood, Mississippi caused the brake material to expand about .090 inches. Normal clearance between the brake drum and the brake material is .010 inches. This expansion caused the left brake to lock, preventing the wheel from rolling freely.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96143
- Reported as
- North American T-6 G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49-49250
- Engine
- P&W R 1340-AN1, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Vernon Ricks, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 27, 1989 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- GWO · Greenwood, MS
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ABY · Southwest Ga Reg., runway 16, 5,200 × 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 11,707 total · 2,200 in this make and model · 11,650 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 165° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.