- Date
- September 15, 1986, 10:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Porterville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3879VCessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860915080139A
- Case key
- 25259
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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
After a normal landing the pilot said he began to apply moderate brake pressure to make the mid-field taxiway turn off and felt what he described as 'a light jerk in the left gear' followed by a 'snapping sound which occurred two or three times.' The pilot then said the left brake failed completely and the 'aircraft veered to the right and entered a ground loop.' Examination of the left brake revealed that the left brake disc drive key retaining screw failed, which allowed the key to float loose in the brake housing. The mechanic who examined the brake system stated that the loose key 'broke out the lower part of the housing allowing the brake lining to fall out.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3879V
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7347
- Airframe hours
- 4,910
- Engine
- Jacobs R755A-2, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Grand Canyon Dories, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 7, 1986 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- GCN · Grand Canyon, AZ
- Airport
- PTV · Porterville Muni, runway 30, 6,000 × 146 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
- 69
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,683 total · 3,559 in this make and model · 8,500 as pilot in command · 136 in the last 90 days · 41 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFL, 36 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.
Other investigations on N3879V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.