- Date
- December 30, 1992, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Salome, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5068VVarga 2150A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921230052549A
- Case key
- 27896
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft. A factor in the accident was the failure of the left brake.
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 said he was on the landing roll out when he applied the brakes. The left brake failed to operate and the aircraft veered to the right, ran off the runway and struck a trailer with the right wing. An annual inspection was performed on the aircraft one month and five hours prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5068V
- Reported as
- Varga 2150A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- VAC 56-76
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chester E. Sweeley
- Registered owner
- Chester E. Sweeley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 12, 1992 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- 2AZ1
- Destination
- 2AZ1
- Airport
- 2AZ1 · Indian Hills Airpark, runway 27, 2,450 × 50 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
- 74
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 782 total · 523 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 41 °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.