- Date
- August 17, 2012, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bear Creek, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5064EFantasy Air Allegro 2000
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA-MKE-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20120817018109A
- Case key
- 84769
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Probable cause
A malfunction of the right brake for reasons that could not be determined because of the perishable evidence, which resulted in the pilot’s inability to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that the airplane veered sharply to the left when he applied the brakes during the landing roll on a grass airstrip. He applied right rudder to no avail, and the airplane continued to the left where the left wing contacted a corn crop. The airplane was pulled into the corn, where it came to rest with substantial damage to both wings and the aft fuselage. The pilot reported that the airplane’s brakes operated normally prior to takeoff. The brake system consists of main landing gear hydraulic disc brakes that are operated via a mechanical brake lever located on the control stick. The airplane has a steerable nosewheel, but no differential braking. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that both brakes functioned when the brake lever was operated; however, the left brake responded more quickly than the right brake. The presence of air in the hydraulic lines to the right brake may have affected the brake's responsiveness, but the examination was not able to establish that the lines contained air.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that the airplane veered sharply to the left when he applied the brakes during the landing roll on a grass airstrip. He applied right rudder to no avail and the airplane continued to the left where the left wing contacted a corn crop. The airplane was pulled into the corn where it came to rest with substantial damage to both wings and the aft fuselage. The pilot reported the airplane’s brakes operated normally prior to takeoff. The brake system consists of main landing gear hydraulic disc brakes which are operated via a mechanical brake lever located on the control stick. The airplane has a steerable nosewheel, but no differential braking. A postaccident inspection of the airplane revealed that hydraulic fluid was present in the brake system. Both brakes functioned when the brake lever was operated, however; the left brake responded quicker than the right brake.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5064E
- Reported as
- Fantasy Air Allegro 2000
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 05-720
- Airframe hours
- 723
- Engine
- Rotax 912, 80 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Peter Anderson
- Registered owner
- Plane Guys Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 7, 2011 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- LPCZ · Waupaca, WI
- Destination
- PVT · Bear Creek, WI
- Airport
- PVT · Private Airstrip, runway 36, 1,742 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Sport pilot
- Last flight review
- August 8, 2012
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 291 total · 109 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- KATW, 21 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 14, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.8 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.