- Date
- July 22, 1982, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Malone, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4494QCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71552
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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 flight departed a private grass strip to dispense liquid chemicals on a nearby cotton field. Upon returning to land following the spraying operation the pilot experienced a loss of the right main brake. The pilot stated that the brakes had been serviced with fluid prior to the last takeoff. The fluid had drained off during the flight through an undetected leak in the hydralic line.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4494Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18800894
- Airframe hours
- 2,963
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Shane Gardner
- Registered owner
- Shane Gardner
- Departed
- Malone, FL
- Destination
- Malone, FL
- Airport
- 12 · Wayne'S Air Svc.(Private), runway 27, 2,000 × 0 ft, grass/turf
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,267 total · 601 in this make and model · 1,182 as pilot in command · 162 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 194 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DHN, 26 nm away
Other investigations on N4494Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.