- Date
- September 3, 1992, 07:45 local (11:45 UTC)
- Place
- Dover Foxcroft, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N93766Cessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920903053749A
- Case key
- 11838
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Probable cause
Inadequate servicing of the aircraft which resulted in the lack of hydraulic fluid and the consequent loss of brake presure.
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
During the takeoff roll, the airplane began to veer left of the runway centerline. The pilot applied the right brake and got no response. He tried to regain control of the airplane by applying throttle to get tail rudder control, but this action was ineffective. The airplane continued to veer off the runway and down the an embankment. As the airplane tipped down over the embankment, the pilot's knee pushed the throttle forward, which gave the engine a burst of power. The airplane continued down the embankment and nosed over. The on scene investigation determined there was no brake fluid in the right brake reservoir and there were no signs of fluid leakage throughout the brake system. Examination of the rake system did not reveal any anomalies. The pilot stated he accomplished a brake check prior to takeoff and did not observe any malfunction. The airplane was operated 153 hours since the last annual inspection 11 months earlier.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93766
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1423R
- Airframe hours
- 1,344
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pat Andrews
- Registered owner
- Pat Andrews
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 3, 1991 · 153 hours before
- Departed
- 44B
- Destination
- 3B1 · Greenville, ME
- Airport
- 44B · Dover/Foxcroft, runway 27, 2,400 × 90 ft, dirt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 26,100 total · 85 in this make and model · 2,400 as pilot in command · 330 in the last 90 days · 105 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.