- Date
- September 28, 1989, 12:43 local (19:43 UTC)
- Place
- Flagstaff, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N519TWCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890928037019A
- Case key
- 26515
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Probable cause
Failure of the left brake. The pilot's failure to maintain directional control with rudder and tailwheel steering was considered to be a related factor.
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 pilot stated that as he started to use the brakes to steer the aircraft, after making a wheel landing, he discoveredthat he 'had no left brake.' At that moment, the tailwheel was still slightly above the runway surface, so he had no tailwheel steering & his rudder was becoming ineffective. Subsequently, the acft ground looped to the right & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N519TW
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31182
- Engine
- Continental O-470-A, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George Thomas
- Departed
- L01 · Llano, CA
- Destination
- FLG
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FLG · Pulliam, runway 21, 6,999 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 250 in this make and model · 100 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.