- Date
- August 28, 1995, 16:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Carthage, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N85972Cessna 337D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950828030369A
- Case key
- 37822
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Probable cause
Failure of the normal brake system for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the pilot's seatback.
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 pilot stated that during the landing roll, while forcibly applying the brakes which were nonresponsive, the seat back broke. He pulled himself upright, and recognizing that insufficient runway remained applied full power to go around. During the initial climb the airplane collided with trees past the departure end of the runway. The pilot reported no discrepancies of the brake system before departure. No determination could be made as to the reason for the reported brake failure.
Factual narrative
On August 28, 1995, about 1650 central daylight time, a Cessna 337D, N85972, registered to Mid Mississippi Aircraft, collided with trees during a go-around at the Carthage-Leake County Airport, Carthage, Mississippi. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the private-rated pilot and one passenger were not injured. The flight originated about 1630 from the Union Municipal Airport, Union, Mississippi.
The pilot stated that after touchdown during the landing roll, while forcibly applying the brakes which were nonresponsive, his seat back broke. He pulled himself upright and recognizing that insufficient runway remained, he applied full power to go around. During the initial climb the airplane collided with trees past the departure end of the runway, then the ground. Additionally, the pilot reported no discrepancies of the brake system before departure.
No determination could be made as to the reason for the reported brake failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85972
- Reported as
- Cessna 337D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 337-1041
- Airframe hours
- 2,185
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-C, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James A. Bennett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 19, 1995 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- 31M · Union, MS
- Destination
- 08M
- Airport
- 08M · Carthage-Leake County, runway 35, 3,000 × 50 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 486 total · 7 in this make and model · 379 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAN, 39 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 1, 1995, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 440 KB in all.
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 N85972 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.