- Date
- September 5, 1989, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Levelland, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9957JCessna T188C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890905033719A
- Case key
- 22712
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Probable cause
A partial brake system failure due to a leak in the left brake master cylinder.
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 landing roll, the pilot experienced failure of the left wheel brake, resulting in a ground loop. There was evidence of a persistent leak from the left brake master cylinder. During the ground loop, the left wing and left landing gear were damaged. The left brake line was also broken during the ground loop making it impossible to determine how much brake fluid was in the system prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9957J
- Reported as
- Cessna T188C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T188C03886T
- Airframe hours
- 2,898
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-T, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Ed Reynolds, doing business as R & W Spraying Service
- Registered owner
- R & W Spraying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 3, 1989 · 349 hours before
- Departed
- Q24
- Airport
- Q24 · Levelland, runway 17, 3,450 × 60 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 13,485 total · 5,210 in this make and model · 13,485 as pilot in command · 218 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 7 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9957J · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.