- Date
- July 20, 1987, 16:47 local (23:47 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Tahoe, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N28452Grumman AA-5B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870720065549A
- Case key
- 25642
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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
While taxiing to the rwy, the plt stated that the right brake failed. The acft rolled off the taxiway and collided with a transformer. Inspection of the brake revealed that the brake linings were worn and that the piston in the hydraulic cylinder had traveled past the o-ring allowing a loss of pressure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28452
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-5B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5B0617
- Airframe hours
- 2,019
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4K, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Martin B. Mills
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 4, 1987 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- Lake Tahoe, CA
- Destination
- OAK · Oakland, CA
- Airport
- TVL · Lake Tahoe
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 268 total · 147 in this make and model · 197 as pilot in command · 76 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TVL
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 N28452 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.