- Date
- March 31, 1983, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tomball, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N51AGAnderson, Greenwood 51
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830331010499A
- Case key
- 20852
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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
The plt was taxiing from the ramp & attempted to turn left onto a taxiway. The nose gear steering was not sufficient to make the turn, so he applied left brake. However, the left brake did not operate since the master cylinder was void of brake fluid. The acft went off the taxiway onto soft terrain. The plt then applied power to get back onto the taxiway, but the left main gear dropped into a hole & collapsed. The master cylinder o-ring was found to have deteriorated which allowed all of the fluid to leak out.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51AG
- Reported as
- Anderson, Greenwood 51
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0001
- Airframe hours
- 1,520
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A4DS, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anderson, Greenwood And Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- HOU · Houston, TX
- Airport
- DWH · Hooks
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,435 total · 150 in this make and model · 2,390 as pilot in command · 105 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.