- Date
- December 30, 1992, 13:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Oceano, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5653RMaule MX-7-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921230052559I
- Case key
- 27897
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Probable cause
The pilot's operation of the aircraft with known deficiencies in the brake system.
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 that the left brake seemed to be dragging on landing and he was unable to correct the left turning tendency with rudder and right brake inputs. The aircraft drifted off the left side of the runway and ground looped after encountering soft soil. The pilot stated that there was an unresolved maintenance problem with dragging brakes and the ability to completely release the parking brake when he began the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5653R
- Reported as
- Maule MX-7-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11001C
- Airframe hours
- 490
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C1F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph R. Caetano
- Registered owner
- Joseph R. Caetano
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 6, 1992 · 396 hours before
- Departed
- O18 · Hanford, CA
- Airport
- L52 · Oceano County, runway 29, 2,335 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 316 total · 75 in this make and model · 17 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.