- Date
- February 19, 1995, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Phalen, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6186RCessna T210F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950219004799A
- Case key
- 29042
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Probable cause
the pilot's decision to continue the flight with a known mechanical discrepancy in the brake system.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that while taxiing for departure at apple valley he noticed that the left brake was not working correctly. The brake held during run-up and the pilot elected to continue the flight to his airstrip where he had tools and brake fluid to examine the problem. During the landing on the 2,600-foot-long airstrip runway, the left brake did not work at all and the pilot was unable to maintain directional control. The airplane veered off the runway to the right, collided with a berm, and nosed over. The apple valley airport has several fixed-base operators who offer aircraft repair services.
Factual narrative
On February 19, 1995, at 1030 Pacific standard time, a Cessna T210F, N6186R, operated by the pilot, landed on the pilot's dirt airstrip near Phalen, California. The pilot informed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) coordinator that during rollout the left brake failed to properly function. The pilot lost control of the airplane and it veered off the runway to the right, collided with a berm, and nosed over. The airplane was substantially damaged, and the commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the personal flight. The flight originated from Apple Valley, California, on the day of the accident at 1000 as a personal flight to the airstrip.
In a telephone interview, the pilot reported that while taxiing for departure at Apple Valley he noticed that the left brake was not working correctly. The brake held during run-up and the pilot elected to continue the flight to his airstrip where he had tools and brake fluid to examine the problem. During the landing on the 2,600-foot-long airstrip runway, the left brake did not work at all and the pilot was unable to maintain directional control.
The Apple Valley airport has several fixed-base operators who offer aircraft repair services.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6186R
- Reported as
- Cessna T210F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T210-0086
- Airframe hours
- 3,950
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenneth E. Brock
- Registered owner
- Ken Brock Manufacturing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 18, 1994
- Departed
- APV · Apple Valley, CA
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- Private Airstrip, runway 27, 2,600 × 50 ft, gravel
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 1,600 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °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 N6186R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.