- Date
- June 29, 1991, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lewisville, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N731KVCessna A188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910629029909A
- Case key
- 23358
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Probable cause
The failure of the right brake line during a critical phase of operation.
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 airplane veered left during the landing roll, and the pilot attempted to correct by using right rudder and brake. His efforts were unsuccessful and the airplaane ground looped. Investigation revealed a crack and separation in the right brake line.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731KV
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18802962T
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Sumner L. Mitchell, doing business as Mitchell Dusting Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Airport
- NONE · Private
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 1,000 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °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.