- Date
- July 31, 1999, 07:50 local (12:50 UTC)
- Place
- Pensacola, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47149Wilderoder Great Lakes 2TIA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990731035509A
- Case key
- 46955
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to check the brake hydraulic fluid reservoir prior to flight resulting in a low fluid level going undetected and failure of the brakes during landing rollout, which resulted in the aircraft overrunning the runway, colliding with a fence, and nosing over.
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
During landing rollout the brakes did not work. The aircraft overran the runway, collided with a fence, and nosed over. Postcrash examination of the brake system showed the hydraulic fluid reservoir was empty and there was no evidence of postcrash leakage of fluid from the reservoir.
Factual narrative
On July 31, 1999, about 0750 central daylight time, a Wilderoder Great Lakes 2TIA, N47149, registered to an individual, overran the runway, collided with a fence, and nosed over while landing at Coastal Airport, Pensacola, Florida, while on a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the private-rated pilot was not injured. The flight originated from Pensacola, Florida, the same day, about 0730.
The pilot stated that during landing roll, he felt no deceleration as he applied the brakes. He released the brakes and applied them again, but the aircraft did not decelerate. The aircraft overran the runway, collided with a fence, and nosed over. Postcrash examination of the aircraft showed the brake hydraulic fluid reservoir was empty and there was no evidence of postcrash fluid leakage from the reservoir.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47149
- Reported as
- Wilderoder Great Lakes 2TIA (GREAT LAKE)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 7115-J521
- Airframe hours
- 671
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dean J. Legidakes
- Registered owner
- Larry D. Presnell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 22, 1999
- Departed
- 82J · FL
- Destination
- 83J
- Airport
- 83J · Coastal Airport, runway 36, 2,510 × 230 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 611 total · 438 in this make and model · 512 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS, 10 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.
Other investigations on N47149 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.