- Date
- January 14, 1985, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Ft Myers, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9383XCessna 182E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850114000809A
- Case key
- 31343
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Analysis
The plt reported that after he had started the eng, the acft began moving out of the tie-down position. When he applied brakes, the right brake failed. He attempted to stop by using the parking brake, but the parking brake handle broke off. Subsequently, the acft hit three parked acft before coming to a stop. The other acft were a rockwell commander, N1059J; a Cessna 150, N8387G; & a Piper pa 28-140, N6915W. An exam of the brake sys revealed that the right brake pads were completely worn.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9383X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18253783
- Airframe hours
- 2,867
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carl O. Sundburg
- Registered owner
- Carl O. Sundburg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 4, 1984 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- FMY · Ft. Myers, FL
- Airport
- Page
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 511 total · 106 in this make and model · 505 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY
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 N9383X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.