- Date
- March 3, 2002, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marana, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77618Fairchild 24W-46
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
- FAA report
- 20020303003299A
- Case key
- 54303
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Probable cause
The left brake failed due to a stuck piston.
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 the landing rollout the left brake hung up, and the airplane came to rest inverted off of the runway. During an examination of the brakes it was found that the left brake piston would not release the disc when manually pushed in. No further mechanical anomalies were noted with the brake system.
Factual narrative
On March 3, 2002, at 1130 mountain standard time, an experimental Fairchild 24W-46, N77618, nosed over during the turnoff from landing at the Marana Northwest Regional Airport (AVQ), Marana, Arizona. The airplane, owned and operated by the private pilot under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, sustained substantial damage. The pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The cross-country flight departed the Casa Grande Municipal Airport, Casa Grande, Arizona, about 1100, and was destined for AVQ. No flight plan had been filed.
In the pilot's written statement, he indicated that he made a normal wheel landing. On rollout he applied rudder and then brake to maintain directional control. He stated that the left brake locked up and the airplane went over on it's back.
During retrieval of the airplane, the brake pads were loosened. Both the owner and the person assisting with the retrieval noted that there was no clearance of the brake pads. When they attempted to push in the piston to release the disk they found it could not be moved. They also noticed that the brake pads were discolored. No further discrepancies were noted with the brake system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77618
- Reported as
- Fairchild 24W-46
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- W46318
- Airframe hours
- 1,284
- Engine
- Warner SS-165, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul Conn
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 2001 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- CGZ · Casa Grande, AZ
- Destination
- AVQ · Tucson, AZ
- Airport
- AVQ · Marana Northwest Regional Airp, runway 12, 6,901 × 100 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
- 74
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- November 8, 2000
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,959 total · 12 in this make and model · 1,819 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point -6 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.31 inHg
- Observed at
- TUS, 12 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 29, 2003, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 417 KB 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.
Other investigations on N77618 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.