- Date
- August 8, 1992, 20:30 local (Aug 9, 1992, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Novato, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3014RCessna 320A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920808034739A
- Case key
- 27727
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Probable cause
The locked left brake assembly due to the missing brake retaining clips.
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 was concluding a visual flight rules personal flight when the airplane swerved to the left on touchdown. The pilot applied opposite rudder and power but to no avail. The airplane exited the runway environment and collided with a gully. Left tire skid marks began at the touchdown point. Examination of the left brake assembly disclosed that the brake disk partially came out of its attach point and jammed against the housing effecting a locked brake. The examination also revealed that all but one of the brake clips were missing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3014R
- Reported as
- Cessna 320A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 320A0014
- Airframe hours
- 2,900
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-470-B, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Craig, Michael
- Registered owner
- Craig, Michael
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1992
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport
- O56 · Novato, runway 31, 3,300 × 60 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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,196 total · 96 in this make and model · 1,155 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
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 N3014R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.