- Date
- November 3, 1991, 20:30 local (Nov 4, 1991, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sacramento, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2802ACessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911103048739A
- Case key
- 27496
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Probable cause
The partial failure of the brake system due to contamination.
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
Following an uneventful landing, the pilot taxied to parking and applied pressure to the brake pedals. The right brake failed, and the airplane collided with a hangar. Exam of the brake system revealed an accumulation of aluminum particles in the master cylinder, and its operation was intermittent. The pilot had operated his airplane for 79.8 hours since it last received an annual inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2802A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30002
- Airframe hours
- 4,142
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Elson Hamilton
- Registered owner
- Elson Hamilton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 14, 1991 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- O20 · Lodi, CA
- Airport
- SAC · Sacramento Executive
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,351 total · 1,099 in this make and model · 1,269 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.