- Date
- October 9, 1991, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Elkhart, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1309ZBeech 95
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911009045549A
- Case key
- 15330
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Probable cause
The inadequate amount of hydraulic fluid present in the normal brake system.
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
On landing after a short local flight, the right brake failed to operate and the aircraft exited the runway. The gear collapsed. A subsequent inspection revealed inadequate hydraulic fluid present in the reservoir for the normal brakes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1309Z
- Reported as
- Beech 95
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TD463
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-B1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William E. Woodill
- Registered owner
- William E. Woodill
- Airport
- EKM · Elkhart, runway 17, 4,001 × 75 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 16,257 total · 160 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- EKM, 1 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.