- Date
- September 16, 1983, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- St. Augustine, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N66524Boeing A75N1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830916052539A
- Case key
- 30943
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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
On the previous flt, the plt noted that the left brake was weaker than the right brake. Before taking off again, he added fluid to the left brake sys. After flying about 1 hr, he returned & landed. During the landing roll, the left brake failed to operate. Subsequently, the acft veered to the right & the left wing & aileron were damaged. The passenger stated that the plt was aware that the left brake was leaking before the flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66524
- Reported as
- Boeing A75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-8140
- Airframe hours
- 2,159
- Engine
- Continental W-670-6A, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harold Hendry, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- SGJ · St. Augustine, runway 20, 2,530 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 799 total · 552 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG, 35 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.