- Date
- February 3, 1991, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13408Waco UIC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910203001339A
- Case key
- 27104
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Probable cause
The brittle fracture of the left brake master cylinder tread end causing loss of directional control.
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 aircrft veered to the right, off the runway. The aircraft struck the airport's tetrahedron, which was located adjacent to the runway. Inspection of the airplane found the left brake master cylinder had broken and lodged between the rudder pedal and the floor. This resulted in the loss of directional control and prevented the pilot from maintaining the aircraft's position on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13408
- Reported as
- Waco UIC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3767
- Engine
- Continental W-670-6A, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Leonard H. Nunaly
- Registered owner
- Leonard H. Nunaly
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- WHP · Whiteman, CA
- Airport
- SZP · Santa Paula, runway 4, 2,650 × 40 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
- 70
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 5,446 total · 14 in this make and model · 5,298 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.