- Date
- January 11, 1991, 15:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Okeechobee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7293MCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910111000459A
- Case key
- 32811
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Probable cause
Failure of the right brake line at the caliper during the landing roll rendering the brakes ineffective. A factor was the pilot's misjudgement of wind direction.
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 plt stated he overflew the pvt arpt & looked at an adjacent lake for indication of wind direction & velocity, but stated the wind appeared to be light. He elected to land to the north & after touchdown he applied the brakes but the rt brake line failed at the brake caliper. The acft travelled off the end of the rwy, across a road, and nosed over after travelling down a ditch embankment which collapsed the nose landing gear. According to a sheriff deputy who responded to the accident site, the plt landed with a 15 kt tailwind. The plt further stated that there is no windsock at the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7293M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55593
- Airframe hours
- 1,494
- Engine
- Continental GO-300-A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Davia, Samuel J. Jr.
- Registered owner
- Davia, Samuel J. Jr.
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 12, 1990 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- COI · Cocoa, FL
- Airport
- NONE · Unknown, runway 32, 2,550 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FPR, 22 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.