- Date
- October 6, 1996, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Salinas, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N186SENorth American F-86
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1997
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19961006030939A
- Case key
- 29653
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Probable cause
an internal failure of a hydraulic pump, which resulted in contamination in the hydraulic system and subsequent loss of the braking system. Factors related to the accident included the proximity of a fence and rough/uneven terrain adjacent to the runway.
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
During an air show, the pilot made several uneventful flybys, then landed near the beginning of the runway. During rollout, the pilot noted a hydraulic brake system failure. Unable to stop with only unboosted brakes, the airplane overran the departure end of the 5,005 foot runway and collided with a fence and rough terrain. Investigation revealed the engine driven #3 system auxiliary hydraulic boost pump had failed internally. Metal particles were found in its screen.
Factual narrative
On October 6, 1996, at 1145 hours Pacific daylight time, a North American F-86, N186SE, landed in the touchdown zone on runway 26 during an air show at the Salinas Municipal Airport, Salinas, California. The pilot reported that during rollout he experienced hydraulic brake system failure. The airplane overran the departure end of the 5,005-foot-long runway and collided with a fence and rough terrain which resulted in substantial airframe damage. The airline transport pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated from Salinas at 1135.
According to the pilot, during the flight he had performed several flybys without incident. On final approach the airplane lost all utility hydraulic pressure. During rollout he shut down, but was unable to stop with the unboosted brakes.
The FAA coordinator reported its investigation revealed that the engine driven No. 3 system auxiliary hydraulic boost pump internally failed. Metal particles were found in its screen.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N186SE
- Reported as
- North American F-86
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 001
- Engine
- GE J47-27, 6,010 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Clyde S. Eberhardt
- Registered owner
- Stuart & Marilyn Eberhardt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 12, 1996 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- SNS
- Airport
- SNS · Salinas Municipal, runway 26, 5,005 × 150 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
- 60
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 27,043 total · 435 in this make and model · 16,183 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNS, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.