- Date
- March 5, 1989, 18:00 local (Mar 6, 1989, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fullerton, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N777MLBellanca 17-31ATC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890305003149A
- Case key
- 26347
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
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 reported that the brakes were not effective. The airplane travelled off the runway and collided with the airport boundary fence. The brakes were inspected and tested after the accident and found to operate normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N777ML
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-31ATC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 76-31131
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1E5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Discount Motors Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SMX · Santa Maria, CA
- Destination
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FUL · Fullerton, runway 24, 3,121 × 75 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 740 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 37 °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.